Graphical User Interface for Displaying and Organizing Search Results
First Claim
1. A graphical user interface (GUI) generated by a client computing device in communication with a server computing device over a communications network, the GUI comprising:
- a first section including a text input field for a search query; and
a second section comprising a plurality of subsections, each subsection displaying at least one search result that is responsive to the search query,wherein the displayed content of each one of the subsections can be updated independently with respect to the first section and other subsections, in response to data received from the server computing device.
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Abstract
A search engine graphical user interface (GUI) displays a search result, which may contain a single page or multiple pages, in an independently updatable section, such as an inline frame. With this implementation, a user can update the display contents of a search result, e.g., by navigating to a different page of a multi-page search result, without disrupting the rest of the web page, and a user can create or add to a search listing collection by grabbing a search result using an input device and dropping it into a virtual basket for collecting and organizing search results.
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20 Claims
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1. A graphical user interface (GUI) generated by a client computing device in communication with a server computing device over a communications network, the GUI comprising:
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a first section including a text input field for a search query; and a second section comprising a plurality of subsections, each subsection displaying at least one search result that is responsive to the search query, wherein the displayed content of each one of the subsections can be updated independently with respect to the first section and other subsections, in response to data received from the server computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A graphical user interface (GUI) generated by a client computing device in communication with a server computing device over a communications network, the GUI comprising:
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a first section including a text input field for a search query; and a second section comprising search results, wherein one of the search results includes multiple pages that are displayed one page at a time and GUI controls for moving to different pages of the search result, wherein the displayed page of said one of the search results can be changed without updating the other search results in the second section. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for organizing search results using a graphical user interface (GUI), comprising the steps of:
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inputting a search query into the GUI; reviewing a plurality of search results generated in response to the search query and displayed on the GUI; selecting at least one of the search results using a pointing device and dragging the selected item into a drop region defined in the GUI; and inputting a name for the group of search results dragged and dropped into the drop region and saving the group of search results under the name. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for generating a web page containing search results, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a search query; storing search results that are responsive to the search query; and generating a web page containing the search results, the web page comprising a first section defining an input section for a search query, and a second section containing the search results, wherein the second section defines a plurality of inline frames, each containing at least one search result. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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