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Method and system for mapping and searching the internet and displaying the results in a visual form

  • US 7,496,558 B2
  • Filed: 06/14/2006
  • Issued: 02/24/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for visually presenting a set of properties of a web site, comprising:

  • predefining within a provider'"'"'s search engine a set of properties and assigning to each property a visual symbol;

    using a spider program, visiting by said provider'"'"'s search engine each web site and determining those properties from said set that are characteristic to that web site;

    associating by said provider'"'"'s search engine with each web site those symbols corresponding to said determined properties;

    forming for each web site a corresponding combined visual representation of the web site based on said associated symbols; and

    when listing search results to a user, including the combined visual representation for each web site respectively.

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