Search cart for search results
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1. A search method, comprising the steps of:
- a user positing a query to a search engine;
a first list of search results being returned to said user by said search engine in response to said query, said search results each associated with one or more Web sites;
providing a selection mechanism within said first list that allows said user to identify search results of interest from among those search results within said first list;
said user applying a gesture to said selection mechanism to identify search results of interest from among those search results within said first list;
providing a second list of search results to which said search results of interest may be added;
adding said search results of interest to said second list in response to said user gesture; and
allowing a user to visit Web sites associated said search results of interest from said second list without having to select and return to said first list of search results.
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Abstract
The invention provides a search cart into which search results may be placed and with which search results may be used. For example, a user can select a result from among a listing of search results without having to click through to the result. Thus, results may be saved from within a search results page. The search cart is superficially similar to a shopping cart in that the user is able to go through a list of search results and select those results that the user would like to place in the cart. Once the user has gone through the initial search, the user can then go to the cart and search through the results in the cart.
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1. A search method, comprising the steps of:
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a user positing a query to a search engine;
a first list of search results being returned to said user by said search engine in response to said query, said search results each associated with one or more Web sites;
providing a selection mechanism within said first list that allows said user to identify search results of interest from among those search results within said first list;
said user applying a gesture to said selection mechanism to identify search results of interest from among those search results within said first list;
providing a second list of search results to which said search results of interest may be added;
adding said search results of interest to said second list in response to said user gesture; and
allowing a user to visit Web sites associated said search results of interest from said second list without having to select and return to said first list of search results. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A search apparatus, comprising:
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a search engine to which a user posits a query;
said search engine returning a first list of search results to said user in response to said query, said search results each associated with one or more Web sites;
a selection mechanism within said first list that allows said user to identify search results of interest from among those search results within said first list;
means for said user applying a gesture to said selection mechanism to identify search results of interest from among those search results within said first list;
a second list of search results to which said search results of interest may be added, wherein said search results of interest are added to said second list in response to said user gesture; and
means for allowing a user to visit Web sites associated said search results of interest from said second list without having to select and return to said first list of search results. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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