System and method for providing a response to a search query
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1. A method for providing a search result, comprising:
- receiving at a server device of a vendor a request to search a hardware database device of the vendor in which is stored a representation of a product catalog, the request specifying a query term;
causing the server device of the vendor to use the received query term to initiate a search of a hardware database device associated with a server device of a third party;
using a software algorithm at the server device of the vendor to parse the results obtained by searching the database associated with the server device of the third party to uncover a keyword recognized by a search engine associated with the hardware database device of the vendor;
causing the search engine associated with the hardware database device of the vendor to use the uncovered keyword to search for one or more items in the hardware database device of the vendor; and
causing the items in the hardware database device of the vendor that were located as a result of using the uncovered keyword as input to the search engine associated with the hardware database device of the vendor to be displayed on a hardware display device as the search result responsive to the query term.
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Abstract
A system receives a request to search an electronic catalog of a vendor which specifies a query term. The query term is used to search an electronic catalog of a third party. The results obtained by searching the electronic catalog of the third party are parsed to uncover a keyword recognized by a search engine associated with the electronic catalog of the vendor. The uncovered keyword is then used in the search engine associated with the electronic catalog of the vendor to locate one or more items in the electronic catalog of the vendor. Items located in this manner are the search results responsive to the query term.
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1. A method for providing a search result, comprising:
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receiving at a server device of a vendor a request to search a hardware database device of the vendor in which is stored a representation of a product catalog, the request specifying a query term; causing the server device of the vendor to use the received query term to initiate a search of a hardware database device associated with a server device of a third party; using a software algorithm at the server device of the vendor to parse the results obtained by searching the database associated with the server device of the third party to uncover a keyword recognized by a search engine associated with the hardware database device of the vendor; causing the search engine associated with the hardware database device of the vendor to use the uncovered keyword to search for one or more items in the hardware database device of the vendor; and causing the items in the hardware database device of the vendor that were located as a result of using the uncovered keyword as input to the search engine associated with the hardware database device of the vendor to be displayed on a hardware display device as the search result responsive to the query term. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for providing a search result, comprising:
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receiving at a search engine device a request to search a first hardware database device which specifies a first query term which is unrecognized by the search engine device; accessing a second hardware database device that is associated with a server of a third party via a network and causing the first query term to be used at the server of the third party to find a second query term that is extracted from the second hardware database device as a result of using the first query term which is unrecognized by the search engine device; causing the second query term to be used as input to the search engine device to perform a search of the first hardware database device; and causing results obtained from the search of the first hardware database device using the second query term as input to the search engine device to be displayed on a hardware display device as the search result responsive to the first query term. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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