System, methods and applications for embedded internet searching and result display

A method of efficiently conducting searches from and coupling search results to a viewed document using (1) pre-existing text from the document that is viewable in a text editing program on a screen of a computing device and (2) a searching program that is remotely accessible over the internet by the computing device, comprising:

• a. providing a search-help tool that is installable in the memory of the computing device and that is operable to interface with a searching program and a text editing program resident in the computing device having pointing device input;
• b. configuring the search-help tool so that it can be operated by the computing device to:
• i. determine words or phrases within the document designated to form at least a first search phrase and a second search phrase, each search phrase comprising words selected from the pre-existing text of the document;
• ii. transmit the first and second search phrases comprising words selected from the pre-existing text of the document to the searching program over the internet connection to the searching program;
• c. operating the searching program to conduct searching and generate respective search results based upon and corresponding to the first and second search phrases;
• d. communicating the search results to the computing device;
• e. configuring the search-help tool so that it can be operated by the computing device to:
• i. enable at least part of the search results to be displayed within the text-editing program;
• ii. couple to the document file at least part of any of the search results, such that at least part of any of the search results are carried with the viewed document file;
• and
• iii. in response to input designating a search result to be embedded, directly embed, within the viewed document, at least some selected text from the designated search result, wherein the input designating the search result to be embedded corresponds to selecting an embedding function that is distinct from general cut and paste, general copy and paste, and general drag and drop commands.