Patent ID: 6377961
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for sorting internet search results, comprising the steps of:submitting an internet protocol address of a user to a web search engine; inputting at least one keyword that said web search engine uses to perform a search; searching a plurality of indexes utilizing said at least one keyword by said web search engine to find as a result any uniform resource locator that correlates to said at least one keyword; comparing said internet protocol address of said user with each internet protocol address that respectively corresponds to a uniform resource locator found in said searching step that correlates to said at least one keyword; sorting in an order of relative distance from the user each said internet protocol address determined in said comparing step that respectively corresponds to a uniform resource locator found in said searching step that correlates to said at least one keyword to generate a sorted result; and transmitting said sorted result to said user.