System and method for a modular user controlled search engine

A system for delivering personal search engine and targeted advertisement software services, the system comprising:

• a plurality of digital content resources;
• an autonomous personal search engine delivered as a firs software service, generated according to at least one search engine characteristic received from a remote browser device via a network and configured to crawl, full text index and search at least one of the digital content resources according to the at least one search engine characteristic;
• at least one database configured to store:
• at least one advertising characteristic,
• at least one user characteristic, and
• the at least one search engine characteristic, wherein the at least one search engine characteristic comprises at least one user-defined category and each user-defined category defines content stored in the autonomous personal search engine transmitted from a search user via the remote browser device;
• an advertising supported personal search engine delivered as a second software service and configured to receive a targeted advertisement based upon the at least one advertising characteristic when the at least one advertising characteristic matches at least one of the at least one user characteristic and the at least one user-defined category of the user personal search engine;
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• a display module configured to display the targeted advertisement on a display device when the at least one advertising characteristic matches at least one of the at least one user characteristic and the at least one user-defined category of the autonomous personal search engine.

A system for delivering personal search engine and targeted advertisement software services, the system comprising:

• a plurality of digital content resources;
• an autonomous personal search engine delivered as a first software service;
• the autonomous personal search engine is a standalone, independent and self-contained search engine that provides search services, the autonomous personal search engine is not provided as an additional feature of another system component, the autonomous personal search engine is not installed on a remote browser device;
• a search server connected to the remote browser device via a network configured to connect and provide communications between the remote browser device and the autonomous personal search engine;
• at least one database configured to store:
• at least one advertising characteristic,
• at least one user characteristic, and
• at least one search engine characteristic, wherein the at least one search engine characteristic is configured to generate the personal search engine, and the personal search engine is configured to crawl, full text index and search at least one digital content resource of the plurality of digital content resources according to the at least one search engine characteristic;
• an advertising supported personal search engine delivered as a second software service and configured to receive a targeted advertisement based upon the at least one advertising characteristic when the at least one advertising characteristic matches at least one of the at least one user characteristic and the at least one search engine characteristic;
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• a display module configured to display the targeted advertisement on a display device when the at least one advertising characteristic matches at least one of the at least one user characteristic and the at least one search engine characteristic.

A system for delivering personal search engine and targeted advertisement software services, the system comprising:

• a plurality of digital content resources;
• an autonomous personal search engine delivered as a firs software service;
• at least one database configured to store:
• at least one advertising characteristic,
• at least one search term provided by a search user and transmitted from the search user via a remote browser device over a network to search the autonomous personal search engine, and
• at least one search engine characteristic, wherein the at least one search engine characteristic is configured to generate the personal search engine according to the at least one search engine characteristic and the personal search engine is configured to crawl, full text index and search at least one digital content resource of the plurality of digital content resources according to the at least one search engine characteristic;
• an advertising supported personal search engine delivered as a second software service and configured to receive a targeted advertisement based upon the at least one advertising characteristic when the at least one advertising characteristic matches the at least one search engine characteristic and the at least one search term;
• and
• a display module configured to display the targeted advertisement on a display device when the at least one advertising characteristic matches the at least one search engine characteristic and the at least one search term.