Method, system, and graphical user interface for alerting a computer user to new results for a prior search

A computer-implemented method, performed on a client having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors to perform the method comprising:

• at a client computer:
• sending Internet usage data for a particular individual computer user to a server computer, wherein the usage data include a plurality of search queries previously submitted by the particular individual computer user, and
• wherein the server computer:
• using at least some of the Internet usage data for the particular individual computer user, identifies multiple search queries previously submitted by the particular individual computer user in the plurality of search queries previously submitted by the particular individual computer user,
• wherein the multiple search queries previously submitted by the particular individual computer user meet a plurality of predefined query selection criteria for previously submitted queries that correspond to continuing interests of the particular individual computer user,
• wherein the identifying of the multiple search queries previously submitted by the particular individual computer user is performed without explicit input from the particular individual computer user identifying previously submitted search queries that are continuing interests of the particular individual computer user,
• automatically reruns, without explicit input from the particular individual computer user requesting the reruns, at least some of the identified multiple search queries previously submitted by the particular individual computer user, and
• evaluates search results from the rerun queries to select search results that meet predefined search result selection criteria;
• receiving links corresponding to at least some of the selected search results from the server computer;
• and
• displaying at least some of the received links.

A system comprising at least one server, wherein the at least one server includes:

• memory;
• and
• one or more processors to execute one or more programs stored in the memory, wherein the system is configured to:
• access Internet usage data for a particular individual computer user, wherein the usage data include a plurality of search queries previously submitted by the particular individual computer user;
• using at least some of the Internet usage data for the particular individual computer user, identify multiple search queries previously submitted by the particular individual computer user in the plurality of search queries previously submitted by the particular individual computer user,
• wherein the multiple search queries previously submitted by the particular individual computer user meet a plurality of predefined query selection criteria for previously submitted queries that correspond to continuing interests of the particular individual computer user,
• wherein the identifying of the multiple search queries previously submitted by the particular individual computer user is performed without explicit input from the particular individual computer user identifying previously submitted search queries that are continuing interests of the particular individual computer user;
• and
• automatically rerun, without explicit input from the particular individual computer user requesting the rerun, at least some of the identified multiple search queries previously submitted by the particular individual computer user;
• evaluate search results from the rerun queries to select search results that meet predefined search result selection criteria;
• and
• send links corresponding to at least some of the selected search results to a computer associated with the particular individual computer user for display.