USER INTERFACE AND METHOD IN A LOCAL SEARCH SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC EXPANSION
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1. A method of interfacing with a client computer system, comprising:
- (i) transmitting a first view from a server computer system to the client computer system, the first view including a search identifier;
(ii) in response to a user interacting with the search identifier, receiving a search request from a client computer system at the server computer system;
(iii) utilizing the search request at the server computer system to extract a plurality of search results from a search data source, each search result including information relating to a geographic location;
(iv) determining a number of the search results that have geographic locations within a first selected area; and
(v) transmitting at least part of a second view from the server computer system to the client computer system for display at the client computer system, including at least a subset of the search results, wherein the search results that are included in the second view include search results with geographic locations outside the first selected area if the number of the search results that have geographic locations within the selected area is less than a predetermined threshold value.
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Abstract
The invention also provides a method of interfacing with a client computer system, wherein search results include search results with geographic locations outside the first selected area if the number of the search results that have geographic locations within the selected area are less than a predetermined threshold value.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of interfacing with a client computer system, comprising:
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(i) transmitting a first view from a server computer system to the client computer system, the first view including a search identifier; (ii) in response to a user interacting with the search identifier, receiving a search request from a client computer system at the server computer system; (iii) utilizing the search request at the server computer system to extract a plurality of search results from a search data source, each search result including information relating to a geographic location; (iv) determining a number of the search results that have geographic locations within a first selected area; and (v) transmitting at least part of a second view from the server computer system to the client computer system for display at the client computer system, including at least a subset of the search results, wherein the search results that are included in the second view include search results with geographic locations outside the first selected area if the number of the search results that have geographic locations within the selected area is less than a predetermined threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions which, when executed by at least one processor of at least one computer, executes a method comprising:
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transmitting a first view from a server computer system to the client computer system, the first view including a search identifier; in response to a user interacting with the search identifier, receiving a search request from a client computer system at the server computer system; utilizing the search request at the server computer system to extract a plurality of search results from a search data source, each search result including information relating to a geographic location; determining a number of the search results that have geographic locations within a first selected area; and transmitting at least part of a second view from the server computer system to the client computer system for display at the client computer system, including at least a subset of the search results, wherein the search results that are included in the second view include search results with geographic locations outside the first selected area if the number of the search results that have geographic locations within the selected area is less than a predetermined threshold value.
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