Simplifying browser search requests
First Claim
1. A method in a data processing system for searching for information, the method comprising:
- responsive to receiving an input string, parsing the input string for a universal resource identifier and a search string, wherein the universal resource identifier and the search string are separated from each other in the input string by a selected delimiter; and
searching for the information corresponding to the search string through a Web page identified by the universal resource identifier.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for searching for information. In response to receiving an input string, the input string is parsed for a universal resource identifier and a search string, wherein the universal resource identifier and the search string are separated from each other in the input string by a selected character. The information corresponding to the search string is searched through a Web page identified by the universal resource identifier. The information may be searched by at least one of (a) locating a search object on the Web page, and using the search object to search for the information; and (b) searching the Web page for information corresponding to the search string.
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29 Claims
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1. A method in a data processing system for searching for information, the method comprising:
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responsive to receiving an input string, parsing the input string for a universal resource identifier and a search string, wherein the universal resource identifier and the search string are separated from each other in the input string by a selected delimiter; and
searching for the information corresponding to the search string through a Web page identified by the universal resource identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method in a data processing system for searching for information, the method comprising:
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responsive to receiving an input string, parsing the input string for a universal resource identifier and a search string, wherein the universal resource identifier and the search string are separated from each other in the input string by a selected delimiter;
searching a Web page identified by the universal resource identifier for a search object; and
initiating a search for the information through the search object, wherein the search is based on the search string. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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12. A data processing system for searching for information, the data processing system comprising:
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parsing means, responsive to receiving an input string, for parsing the input string for a universal resource identifier and a search string, wherein the universal resource locator and the search string are separated from each other in the input string by a selected character; and
searching means for searching for the information corresponding to the search string through a Web page identified by the universal resource identifier.
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22. A data processing system for searching for information, the data processing system comprising:
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parsing means, responsive to receiving an input string, for parsing the input string for a universal resource identifier and a search string, wherein the universal resource identifier and the search string are separated from each other in the input string by a selected delimiter;
searching means for searching a Web page identified by the universal resource identifier for a search object; and
initiating means for initiating a search for the information through the search object, wherein the search is based on the search string.
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23. A data processing system comprising:
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a bus system;
a communications unit connected to the bus system;
a memory connected to the bus system, wherein the memory includes as set of instructions; and
a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the set of instructions to parse the input string for a universal resource identifier and a search string in response to receiving an input string, wherein the universal resource identifier and the search string are separated from each other in the input string by a selected character; and
search for the information corresponding to the search string through a Web page identified by the universal resource identifier.
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24. A data processing system comprising:
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a bus system;
a communications unit connected to the bus system;
a memory connected to the bus system, wherein the memory includes as set of instructions; and
a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the set of instructions to parse the input string for a universal resource identifier and a search string, wherein the universal resource identifier and the search string are separated from each other in the input string by a selected delimiter, responsive to receiving an input string;
search a Web page identified by the universal resource identifier for a search object; and
initiate a search for the information through the search object, wherein the search is based on the search string.
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25. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for searching for information, the computer program product comprising:
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first instructions, responsive to receiving an input string, for parsing the input string for a universal resource identifier and a search string, wherein the universal resource identifier and the search string are separated from each other in the input string by a selected character; and
second instructions for searching for the information corresponding to the search string through a Web page identified by the universal resource identifier.
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26. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for searching for information, the computer program product comprising:
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first instructions, responsive to receiving an input string, for parsing the input string for a universal resource identifier and a search string, wherein the universal resource identifier and the search string are separated from each other in the input string by a selected delimiter;
second instructions for searching a Web page identified by the universal resource identifier for a search object; and
third instructions for initiating a search for the information through the search object, wherein the search is based on the search string.
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27. A method in a data processing system for searching for information, the method comprising:
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responsive to receiving an input string, parsing the input string for a universal resource identifier and a search string, wherein the universal resource identifier and the search string are separated from each other in the input string by a selected delimiter; and
searching for the information corresponding to the search string through a Web page identified by the universal resource identifier by at least one of (a) locating a search object on the Web page, and using the search object to search for the information; and
(b) searching the Web page for information corresponding to the search string.
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28. A data processing system for searching for information, the data processing system comprising:
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parsing means, responsive to receiving an input string, for parsing the input string for a universal resource identifier and a search string, wherein the universal resource identifier and the search string are separated from each other in the input string by a selected delimiter; and
searching means for searching for the information corresponding to the search string through a Web page identified by the universal resource identifier by at least one of (a) locating a search object on the Web page, and using the search object to search for the information; and
(b) searching the Web page for information corresponding to the search string.
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29. A computer program product in a computer readable medium searching for information, the computer program product comprising:
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first instructions, responsive to receiving an input string, for parsing the input string for a universal resource identifier and a search string, wherein the universal resource identifier and the search string are separated from each other in the input string by a selected delimiter; and
second instructions for searching for the information corresponding to the search string through a Web page identified by the universal resource identifier by at least one of (a) locating a search object on the Web page, and using the search object to search for the information; and
(b) searching the Web page for information corresponding to the search string.
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