METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAPPING A SITE ON A WIDE AREA NETWORK
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Abstract
A method and system for organizing and displaying information about Internet Web pages on Web maps are disclosed. Web maps display a summary of the information that a Web page provides access to, in a format that facilitates a rapid assessment of what may be accessed through a Web site'"'"'s home page, or through any Web page on the Web site. Preferably, Web maps are displayed on a Web page, or within a frame of a Web page, by an Internet browser application. A set of Web maps may be automatically generated by a search engine or directory in response to a user'"'"'s search request. Alternatively, a user may request that a Web map be produced for a particular Web page of interest. The Web maps are preferably generated by a Web server, or by an application running in the background of a user'"'"'s computer, so that the user may perform other tasks on the user'"'"'s computer while the Web maps are being generated.
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69 Claims
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50. A method, comprising:
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a server system receiving, from a client system, a search request specifying a set of search criteria; the server system performing a search based on the search criteria to obtain a plurality of search results; and the server system providing, to the client system, one or more of the plurality of search results, wherein provided ones of the search results include a result that specifies a corresponding web page as well as at least one other web page referenced by the corresponding web page. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that are executable by a computing system to:
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perform a search of a plurality of web pages based on search criteria specified in a request received via a network; and provide a web page specifying a set of search results, wherein the web page specifies a first web page identified resultant from the search and a second web page referenced by the first web page. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. A method, comprising:
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a search engine identifying one or more web pages based on criteria specified in a search request, wherein the one or more web pages include links to additional web pages; and responsive to the search request, the search engine providing a list of search results, wherein the list includes contented select from one or more of the additional web pages. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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