Selection and sharing of verified search results

• US 8,095,534 B1
• Filed: 05/18/2011
• Issued: 01/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Vizibility Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Vizibility Incorporated
• Inventors: Alexander, James
• Primary Examiner(s): Lewis, Cheryl
• Assistant Examiner(s): Waldron, Scott A
• Application Number:
  US13/110,845
• Time in Patent Office: 237 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation

Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure include establishing a verified set of search results, as a selection of search results returned by a search engine, responsive to a pre-defined query. The verified set of search results are stored and associated with a URL. The URL can be distributed by an entity that establishes the definition of the query and the selection of search results. When the URL is activated, the selection of search results can be returned, with a link to the search engine that allows a redirect to the search engine, with the pre-defined query, so that a current set of search results is returned by the search engine responsive to the pre-defined query. The entity can be notified when the URL is used, and information concerning the party activating the URL can be provided to the entity.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

identifying a resource identified by a network address, via a processor of a server and in response to receiving a request from a remote machine, the resource comprising a listing of verified search results associated with the network address;

wherein a user associated with the network address makes a selection of at least one search result from search results received from a search engine in response to a pre-defined search query, the selection causing the at least one search result to be a verified search result,

wherein the selection is facilitated by a user interface comprising;

indicia indicating the selection of a specific result, wherein the specific result is assigned a relative order within the listing of verified search results within a user-defined range, and wherein the specific result is assigned to a location within the user-defined range,

a list of search results, and

a selector for a consolidated view of the verified search results which allows display of the listing of the verified search results, and

wherein the relative order of the verified search results is arrangeable by the user;

retrieving the resource; and

sending to the remote machine the listing of the verified search results arranged according to the relative order.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending a notification to the user upon receiving the request.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending to the remote machine a link to the pre-defined search query associated with the search results from which the verified results were selected, wherein activation of the link at the remote machine directs the remote machine to a current set of search results returned by the search engine responsive to the pre-defined query.