Method and system for communicating selected search results between first and second users over a network
First Claim
1. A method to communicate search results between a first user and a second user, over a communications network, the method including:
- generating a first search result set responsive to a search request;
communicating the first search result set to the first user, over the communications network;
identifying a second search result set as having been selected by the first user from the first search result set; and
communicating the second search result set to a second user that is identified by the first user.
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Abstract
A search result set is communicated to a first user as hypertext descriptions of data items constituting the result search set. A check box is displayed adjacent to each hypertext description which the first user may utilize to select a subset of the search result set. This subset is then communicated to a second user, again as hypertext descriptions of the subset. Check boxes are furthermore displayed to the second user so as to enable the second user to select a further and narrower subset of the search result set. Selected items of a result set of an Internet-based search may in this way conveniently be communicated between first and second users. Each of a number of interfaces provides the hypertext descriptions of the data items of the search result set.
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25 Claims
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1. A method to communicate search results between a first user and a second user, over a communications network, the method including:
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generating a first search result set responsive to a search request;
communicating the first search result set to the first user, over the communications network;
identifying a second search result set as having been selected by the first user from the first search result set; and
communicating the second search result set to a second user that is identified by the first user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A machine-readable medium storing a sequence of instructions that, when executed by a machine to:
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generate a first search result set, over a communication network, responsive to a search request;
communicate the first search result set, over the communication network, to a first user;
receive a second search result set from the first user, the second search result set being selected by the first user from the first search result set; and
communicate the second search result set, over the communication network, to a second user that is identified by the first user.
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14. A system to communicate search results between a first user and a second user over a communications network, the system including:
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search server to generate a first search result set, over a communication network, set responsive to a search request;
a communications server to communicate, over the communications network, the first search result set to the first user and to receive a second search result set from the first user; and
a processing server to identify the second search result set as having been selected by the first user from the first search result set, wherein the communications server is further to communicate the second search result set, over the communications network, to a second user that is identified by the first user. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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