Method for searching for multimedia content items on the internet

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer program for searching for multimedia content items on the Internet, the computer program containing instructions for performing the steps of:

• sending, from a search provider to a client a search page, the search page including a field for receiving search text associated with the multimedia content items to be searched for;
• receiving, from the client at the search provider, the search text;
• executing an application at the search provider for detecting multimedia content items that are associated with the search text, the multimedia content items being stored on a plurality of servers coupled thereto;
• automatically associating each of the multimedia content items that was detected with one of a plurality of predetermined multimedia content types;
• associating at least one display program or at least one player with each of the predetermined multimedia content types for displaying the multimedia content items of that predetermined multimedia content type;
• dividing a single results page into a plurality of areas, each of the areas being associated with a different one of the predetermined multimedia content types, the dividing step comprising programming a plurality of widgets, each of the areas comprising a different one of the widgets that is incorporated into that one area of the single results page, each of the widgets being an application for managing the display of a list of the Internet addresses of the multimedia content items of its corresponding area, and the at least one display program or the at least one player associated with each of the predetermined multimedia content types being associated with the widget programmed for the area that is associated with that predetermined multimedia content type;
• using the widgets to display in each of the areas of the single results page the list of the Internet addresses of the multimedia content items that were detected that are of the predetermined multimedia content type associated with that area of the single results page;
• after the dividing and using steps, transmitting the single results page from the search provider to the client;
• and
• manually validating multimedia content items that were detected,
• wherein the manually validating step comprises detecting an Internet address of one of the multimedia content items that was associated erroneously with a first of the predetermined multimedia content types, and manually selecting that Internet address and associating the Internet address manually with a second of the predetermined multimedia content types.

An information processing system for searching for multimedia content items on the Internet, the information processing system comprising:

• at least one processor programmed to:
• send, from a search provider to a client a search page, the search page including a field for receiving search text associated with the multimedia content items to be searched for;
• receive, from the client at the search provider, the search text;
• detect multimedia content items that are associated with the search text, the multimedia content items being stored on a plurality of servers coupled thereto;
• automatically associate each of the multimedia content items that was detected with one of a plurality of predetermined multimedia content types;
• associate at least one display program or at least one player with each of the predetermined multimedia content types for displaying the multimedia content items of that predetermined multimedia content type;
• divide a single results page into a plurality of areas, each of the areas being associated with a different one of the predetermined multimedia content types, the dividing of the single results page comprising programming a plurality of widgets, each of the areas comprising a different one of the widgets that is incorporated into that one area of the single results page, each of the widgets being an application for managing the display of a list of the Internet addresses of the multimedia content items of its corresponding area, and the at least one display program or the at least one player associated with each of the predetermined multimedia content types being associated with the widget programmed for the area that is associated with that predetermined multimedia content type;
• display in each of the areas of the single results page the list of the Internet addresses of the multimedia content items that were detected that are of the predetermined multimedia content type associated with that area of the single results page;
• after the dividing and the displaying, transmit the single results page from the search provider to the client;
• and
• manually validate multimedia content items that were detected, the manual validation comprising detecting an Internet address of one of the multimedia content items that was associated erroneously with a first of the predetermined multimedia content types, and manually selecting that Internet address and associating the Internet address manually with a second of the predetermined multimedia content types.

A computer-implemented method for searching for multimedia content items on the Internet, the computer implemented method comprising the steps of:

• sending, from a search provider to a client a search page, the search page including a field for receiving search text associated with the multimedia content items to be searched for;
• receiving, from the client at the search provider, the search text;
• executing an application at the search provider for detecting multimedia content items that are associated with the search text, the multimedia content items being stored on a plurality of servers connected thereto;
• automatically associating each of the multimedia content items that was detected with one of a plurality of predetermined multimedia content types;
• associating at least one display program or at least one player with each of the predetermined multimedia content types for displaying the multimedia content items of that predetermined type;
• dividing a single results page into a plurality of areas, each of the areas being associated with a different one of the predetermined multimedia content types, the dividing step comprising programming a widget for each of the areas, each of the widgets including a list of the Internet addresses of the multimedia content items of the corresponding area, and the at least one display program or the at least one player associated with each of the areas being set to the widget programmed for that area;
• placing into each of the areas of the single results page Internet addresses of the multimedia content items that were detected that are of the multimedia content type associated with that area of the single results page;
• after the dividing and placing steps, transmitting the single results page from the search provider to the client;
• receiving a selection of one of the Internet addresses from one of the lists of the Internet addresses from the widget;
• opening, so as to be embedded within the single results page, a window of reduced size with respect to a size of the single results page;
• executing the display program or the player associated with the widget so as to display or play the multimedia content item of the selected Internet address in the window of reduced size that is embedded within the single results page;
• and
• manually validating multimedia content items that were detected,
• wherein the manually validating step comprises detecting an Internet address of one of the multimedia content items that was associated erroneously with a first of the predetermined multimedia content types, and manually selecting that Internet address and associating the Internet address manually with a second of the predetermined multimedia content types.