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Artificial anchor for a document

  • US 8,595,270 B2
  • Filed: 09/29/2011
  • Issued: 11/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

  • receiving, for each target document of a plurality of target documents that a search engine has identified in response to a query, an address of the target document, the target document including query-relevant text at an intra-document portion of the target document;

    for each address of the target document of the target documents;

    generating an artificial anchor, the artificial anchor corresponding to the intra-document portion of the target document and undefined in the target document;

    appending the artificial anchor to the address of the target document; and

    providing, to a client device, a plurality of search results, wherein each search result of the search results identifies a corresponding target document and includes the address of the target document appended with the artificial anchor as a search result link to the target document;

    wherein the artificial anchor includes a preassigned artificial anchor designator designating the artificial anchor to an artificial anchor module in the client device, and wherein the artificial anchor includes the preassigned artificial anchor designator as either a prefix or a suffix and wherein the preassigned artificial anchor designator includes a preassigned set of text characters, and the artificial anchor designator and artificial anchor are ignored by a client web browser in a client device not having the artificial anchor module.

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