84. A system for providing search results in response to a search query, the system comprising: a) a computer adapted to receive a search query from a user; and b) the computer comprising a processor, the processor having processor executable instructions for: building a temporal profile of the search query from temporal data associated with documents retrieved in response to the search query, the temporal profile capable of being temporally ambiguous, the temporal profile capable of being temporally unambiguous, and the temporal profile capable of being atemporal, such that the temporal profile is at least one of: temporally ambiguous, temporally unambiguous, and atemporal; identifying the search query as one of temporally ambiguous, temporally unambiguous or atemporal to the user; classifying the search query using the temporal features of the temporal profile including the identification of the search query as temporally ambiguous, temporally unambiguous or atemporal; and constructing an interactive display capable of being presented to the user for obtaining query specific relevance feedback from the user if the search query is classified as temporally ambiguous.
84. A system for providing search results in response to a search query, the system comprising: a) a computer adapted to receive a search query from a user; and b) the computer comprising a processor, the processor having processor executable instructions for: building a temporal profile of the search query from temporal data associated with documents retrieved in response to the search query, the temporal profile capable of being temporally ambiguous, the temporal profile capable of being temporally unambiguous, and the temporal profile capable of being atemporal, such that the temporal profile is at least one of: temporally ambiguous, temporally unambiguous, and atemporal; identifying the search query as one of temporally ambiguous, temporally unambiguous or atemporal to the user; classifying the search query using the temporal features of the temporal profile including the identification of the search query as temporally ambiguous, temporally unambiguous or atemporal; and constructing an interactive display capable of being presented to the user for obtaining query specific relevance feedback from the user if the search query is classified as temporally ambiguous. 85. The system of claim 84 wherein classifying comprises using a combination of features comprising: (a) divergence; (b) autocorrelation; (c) statistics of the rank order; or (d) burst model.