Patent ID: 11941069
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
obtaining, via an application of a computing device, input requesting web content;, in response to obtaining the input, accessing the web content and receiving mark-up language code that describes the web content for presentation by the application, the mark-up language code including a link to one or more search providers promoted by the web content, referenced in the web content, and usable by the application for searches;, in response to receiving the mark-up language code, identifying the one or more search providers as being referenced by the web content according to the link in the mark-up language code;, generating a list from which a search provider for conducting the searches is selectable from the referenced and identified search providers, the list being generated using the link included in the mark-up language code;, exposing the list of referenced and identified search providers using the link within the mark-up language code of the web content;, receiving a selection of a search provider from the list of referenced and identified search providers; and, conducting a search using the search provider selected from the list of exposed search providers without installing the search provider.