Method and system to collect and search user-selected content
First Claim
1. A method of providing search results via a network, the method comprising:
- receiving a search request from a user including search criteria;
searching cached World Wide Web documents to obtain a web result based on the search criteria;
searching for at least one associated document to obtain a restricted result based on the search criteria, the at least one associated document being associated with the user and access to the at least one associated document being restricted; and
communicating the web result and the restricted result to the user.
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Abstract
A method and system to provide search results via a network is described. The method may comprise receiving a search request from a user including search criteria, searching cached World Wide Web documents to obtain a web result based on the search criteria, and searching for an associated document to obtain a restricted result based on the search criteria. The associated document may be associated with the user (e.g., the user may mark or otherwise identify the document after viewing it) and access to the associated document may be restricted. The web result and the restricted result may be communicated to the user for viewing via a web browser. In an example embodiment, the user may be provided via a web interface with an option to search the World Wide Web or a database including associated documents.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of providing search results via a network, the method comprising:
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receiving a search request from a user including search criteria;
searching cached World Wide Web documents to obtain a web result based on the search criteria;
searching for at least one associated document to obtain a restricted result based on the search criteria, the at least one associated document being associated with the user and access to the at least one associated document being restricted; and
communicating the web result and the restricted result to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system to provide search results via a network, the system comprising:
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a search engine to receive a search request from a user including search criteria;
at least one database including cached World Wide Web documents, and associated documents that are associated with the user and wherein access to the associated documents is restricted, the search engine to search the cached World Wide Web documents to obtain a web result based on the search criteria, and to search for at least one associated document to obtain a restricted result based on the search criteria; and
an interface to communicate the web result and the restricted result to the user. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system to provide search results via a network, the system comprising:
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means for receiving a search request from a user including search criteria;
means for searching cached World Wide Web documents to obtain a web result based on the search criteria;
means for searching for at least one associated document to obtain a restricted result based on the search criteria, the associated document being associated with the user and access to the at least one associated document being restricted; and
means for communicating the web result and the restricted result to the user.
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