SEARCH SERVICE THAT ACCESSES AND HIGHLIGHTS PREVIOUSLY ACCESSED LOCAL AND ONLINE AVAILABLE INFORMATION SOURCES
First Claim
1. A method for generating search engine search results comprising:
- providing a search engine;
entering a search query into said search engine;
locating online files relating to said search query using said search engine;
locating offline files residing on a client computer relating to said search query;
combining said online files with said offline files to generate a single search result overview; and
providing said single search result overview within a display of said search engine.
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Abstract
Methods, systems and program storage devices for generating search engine search results. Online files relevant to a requested search query are located by a search engine, while simultaneously previously accessed offline files residing on a client computer are located using the same search query. The search engine retrieves the offline files from the client computer and combines such offline files with the locate online files in a single search result overview. The listing of files within the combined search results are ranked according to relevancy to the search query using a search engine scoring algorithm, whereby the offline files within the combined search results are preferably brought to a user'"'"'s attention to indicate that such files reside on the client computer.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for generating search engine search results comprising:
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providing a search engine;
entering a search query into said search engine;
locating online files relating to said search query using said search engine;
locating offline files residing on a client computer relating to said search query;
combining said online files with said offline files to generate a single search result overview; and
providing said single search result overview within a display of said search engine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for generating search engine search results comprising:
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a first component running on a client computer for locating previously accessed offline files stored on said client computer that are relevant to a requested search query;
a second component running on a search engine for locating online files relevant to said requested search query, and for accessing said located offline files that are relevant to said requested search query;
a third component running on said search engine for combining said located online and offline files into a single search result overview, whereby said located online and offline files within said single search result overview are ranked using a search engine scoring algorithm.
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20. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for generating search engine search results comprising:
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entering a search query into a search engine;
locating online files relating to said search query using said search engine;
locating offline files residing on a client computer relating to said search query;
combining said online files with said offline files to generate a single search result overview; and
providing said single search result overview within a display of said search engine.
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