Methods and systems providing desktop search capability to software application

A machine-readable storage medium containing executable instructions which when executed by a digital process system cause the system to perform a method comprising:

• creating a profile for an internet search functionality, wherein the profile includes one or more characteristics of a target application that would benefit from the internet search functionality and a beneficial point for implementing the internet search functionality within the target application;
• intercepting a call between a target application and another application, wherein the call creates a dialog box within the target application having specified characteristics;
• determining one or more characteristics of the target application based on the intercepted call;
• determining if the one or more characteristics of the target application have a threshold amount of correlation with the characteristics of the profile;
• implementing the internet search functionality within the target application when the characteristics of the target application has a threshold degree of correlation with the characteristics of the profile;
• providing the implemented internet search functionality to a user via an internet search interface, wherein the search functionally interface is provided via a file dialog box of the target application:
• receiving a search request from the user via the search functionality interface;
• conducting an internet search in response to the search request;
• presenting a plurality of search results to a user based on the internet search;
• receiving a user selection of one of the plurality of search results;
• and
• automatically inserting the selected search result into a product of the target application.

A computer system comprising:

• storage;
• an application stored in the storage, the application having a file dialog box;
• and
• an internet search functionality implemented within the application to provide a search functionality interface to a user, the search functionality interface provided through the file dialog box of the application, receive a search request from a user through the search functionality interface, conduct an internet search in response to the search request, present a plurality of search results to a user based on the internet search, receive a user selection of one of the plurality of search results and automatically insert the selected search result into a product of the application, wherein the internet search functionality implemented within the application comprises creating a profile for the internet search functionality, the profile indicating applications that would benefit from the internet search functionality, wherein the creating the profile for the internet search functionality comprises:
• determining a subject application that would benefit from the internet search functionality;
• and
• determining the a beneficial point of the subject application, the beneficial point, being a point in the subject application at which the subject application would benefit form the internet search functionality.