Search engine supplemented with URL's that provide access to the search results from predefined search queries
First Claim
1. A method of creating and distributing a customized search query, comprising:
- in response to a first user'"'"'s commands, defining a first search query;
constructing a URL that has associated therewith the first search query and a display form for displaying search results generated using the first search query;
sending the URL to a second user;
upon activation of the URL by the second user, submitting the first search query to a search engine;
displaying query results received from the search engine within the display form incorporated in the URL;
displaying a window for receiving a query refinement; and
upon entry of a query refinement by the second user, submitting a second query to the search engine, the second query comprising the first search query combined with the query refinement.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a new method of creating and distributing a customized query. A first user first submits a first query comprising a plurality of query terms and display options to a search engine through a user interface. Based on the query results returned from the search engine, the user can further modify his input. The search engine constructs a first URL in response to the first query. A second user who receives the first URL can search within the query results by refining the first query. The second user can also create a second query through modifying the first query according to his preferences, and then pass a second URL constructed by the search engine to another user.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of creating and distributing a customized search query, comprising:
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in response to a first user'"'"'s commands, defining a first search query;
constructing a URL that has associated therewith the first search query and a display form for displaying search results generated using the first search query;
sending the URL to a second user;
upon activation of the URL by the second user, submitting the first search query to a search engine;
displaying query results received from the search engine within the display form incorporated in the URL;
displaying a window for receiving a query refinement; and
upon entry of a query refinement by the second user, submitting a second query to the search engine, the second query comprising the first search query combined with the query refinement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A search engine system, comprising
one or more central processing units for executing programs; -
a document index identifying documents;
a search engine module, executable by the one or more central processing units, for identifying documents in the document index in response to a specified first search query;
a builder module for defining a first search query in response to a first user'"'"'s commands, constructing a URL that has associated therewith the first search query and a display form for displaying search results generated using the first search query;
the display form including a window for receiving and displaying a query refinement, and for submitting to the search engine a second query, the second query comprising the first search query combined with the query refinement; and
the display form further including a results window for displaying results produced by the search engine in response to the first or second query. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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