Patent ID: 9569550
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: maintaining, by a search system, a web search index of web content, and a plurality of custom content indexes, each custom content index of the plurality of custom content indexes indexing a respective collection of custom content that has been exposed to the search system by a respective owner of the custom content, wherein each custom content index of the plurality of custom content indexes has respective access control data received from a respective owner of the custom content indexed in the custom content index, wherein the access control data identifies one or more users who are authorized by the owner of the custom content to access the custom content index; receiving a search query that was input by a user, wherein the user is a non-owner of custom content indexed in a first custom content index of the plurality of custom content indexes; determining that the user who input the search query is indicated as being authorized, by access control data received from a first owner of the custom content indexed in the first custom content index of the plurality of custom content indexes, to access the first custom content index; in response to the determining, obtaining web search results responsive to the search query using the web search index and obtaining custom content search results responsive to the search query using the first custom content index; and providing the web search results and the custom content search results in response to receiving the search query.