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Configuring a search engine results page with environment-specific information

  • US 7,756,903 B2
  • Filed: 12/12/2006
  • Issued: 07/13/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving at a proxy a request from a client;

    wherein the request comprises a search query submitted by a user;

    the proxy performing a modification to the request to generate a modified request, wherein the modification includes adding to the request a proxy identifier that uniquely identifies the proxy, wherein the modification is performed by the proxy without regard to the content of the request from the client;

    the proxy forwarding the modified request to a search engine, wherein the proxy identifier in the modified request indicates to the search engine a particular proxy-specific customization to apply to a search engine results page to generate a customized search engine results page, wherein the particular proxy-specific customization is one of a plurality of proxy-specific customizations, wherein each of the plurality of proxy-specific customizations is mapped to a corresponding proxy identifier;

    receiving at the proxy, from the search engine, the customized search engine results page having (a) search result items that match the search query and (b) the particular proxy-specific customization, wherein the particular proxy-specific customization includes at least one of;

    proxy-specific information;

    orplaceholders for proxy-specific information; and

    wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

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