Method and system for communicating user interfaces between first and second users over a network
First Claim
1. A method including:
- identifying a first plurality of items based on a search, the identifying including utilizing at least one criterion to perform the search;
generating a first transmission including the first plurality of items and a first plurality of selection functions, the first plurality of items respectively being associated with the first plurality of selection functions, the generating utilizing at least one processor;
communicating the first transmission over a communications network;
receiving a first plurality of selections over the communications network, the first plurality of selections including at least two selections, the at least two selections collectively identifying a first plurality of deleted items as deleted from the first plurality of items, the first plurality of items further including a second plurality of items that are not deleted from the first plurality of items, the receiving utilizing at least one processor;
identifying an associated message to be communicated together with the second plurality of items; and
communicating the associated message with the second plurality of items as a second transmission over the communications network.
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Abstract
A search result set is communicated to a first user as hypertext descriptions of data items constituting the result search set. A check box is displayed adjacent each hypertext description, utilizing which the first user may select a subset of the search result set. This subset is then communicated to a second user, again as hypertext descriptions of the subset. Check boxes are furthermore displayed to the second user so as to enable the second user to select a further and narrower subset of the search result set. Selected items of a result set of an Internet-based search may in this way conveniently be communicated between first and second users. Each of a number of interfaces provides the hypertext descriptions of the data items of the search result set.
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20 Claims
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1. A method including:
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identifying a first plurality of items based on a search, the identifying including utilizing at least one criterion to perform the search; generating a first transmission including the first plurality of items and a first plurality of selection functions, the first plurality of items respectively being associated with the first plurality of selection functions, the generating utilizing at least one processor; communicating the first transmission over a communications network; receiving a first plurality of selections over the communications network, the first plurality of selections including at least two selections, the at least two selections collectively identifying a first plurality of deleted items as deleted from the first plurality of items, the first plurality of items further including a second plurality of items that are not deleted from the first plurality of items, the receiving utilizing at least one processor; identifying an associated message to be communicated together with the second plurality of items; and communicating the associated message with the second plurality of items as a second transmission over the communications network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A machine-readable medium storing a sequence of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform actions comprising:
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identifying a first plurality of items based on a search, the identifying including utilizing at least one criterion to perform the search; generating a first transmission including the first plurality of items and a first plurality of selection functions, the first plurality of items respectively being associated with the first plurality of selection functions; communicating the first transmission over a communications network; receiving a first plurality of selections over the communications network, the first plurality of selections including at least two selections, the at least two selections collectively identifying a first plurality of deleted items as deleted from the first plurality of items, the first plurality of items further including a second plurality of items that are not deleted from the first plurality of items; identifying an associated message to be communicated together with the second plurality of items; and communicating the associated message with the second plurality of items as a second transmission over the communications network.
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14. A system including:
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a search server, implemented by at least one processor, the search server is configured to identify a first plurality of items based on a search that utilizes at least one criterion to perform the search; a communications server, implemented by at least one processor, the communications server is configured to generate a first transmission including the first plurality of items and a first plurality of selection functions, the first plurality of items respectively being associated with the first plurality of selection functions, the communications server is further configured to communicate the first transmission over a communications network; and a processing server, implemented by at least one processor, the processing server is configured to receive a first plurality of selections over the communications network, the first plurality of selections including at least two selections, the at least two selections collectively identify a first plurality of deleted items as deleted from the first plurality of items, the first plurality of items further including a second plurality of items that are not deleted from the first plurality of items, the processing server is further configured to identify an associated message to be communicated together with the second plurality of items, the communications server is further configured to communicating the associated message with the second plurality of items as a second transmission over the communications network. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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