Method and apparatus for allowing a user to display a pre-defined number of search results on a web page
AssigneeGraphOn Corporation
InventorsRalph Wesinger, Christopher Coley
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Abstract
A web server for displaying search results is disclosed. The web server may be configured to present the user a search page for receiving a query from the user and search options regarding the query over the public network from a user; display results of the query to the user on a web page as titles in list form, the titles corresponding to entries retrieved from the database as a result of the query; and wherein the number of titles displayed on the web page corresponds to a user-defined number contained in the search options.
Claims21
A method for allowing a user to display a pre-defined number of search results on a web page comprising:
- providing a web-accessible database searchable by a user over a public network, said database including full-page entries posted by users of the database;
- presenting the user a search page for receiving a query from the user and search options regarding the query over the public network from a user;
- displaying results of said query to the user on a web page as titles in list form, the titles corresponding to entries retrieved from the database as a result of the query;
- and
- wherein the number of titles displayed on the web page corresponds to a user-defined number contained in the search options.
An apparatus for allowing a user to display a pre-defined number of search results on a web page comprising:
- means for providing a web-accessible database searchable by a user over a public network, said database including full-page entries posted by users of the database;
- means for presenting the user a search page for receiving a query from the user and search options regarding the query over the public network from a user;
- means for displaying results of said query to the user on a web page as titles in list form, the titles corresponding to entries retrieved from the database as a result of the query;
- and
- wherein the number of titles displayed on the web page corresponds to a user-defined number contained in the search options.
A web server for displaying search results comprising:
- a web server including a database searchable by a user over a public network, said database including entries posted by users of the database, the web server configured to:
- present the user a search page for receiving a query from the user and search options regarding the query over the public network from a user;
- display results of said query to the user on a web page as titles in list form, the titles corresponding to entries retrieved from the database as a result of the query;
- and
- wherein the number of titles displayed on the web page corresponds to a user-defined number contained in the search options.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.