Patent ID: 7797301
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for automatically initiating a search of one or more terms from a document that is accessed by a first application at a first computing system and that is performed or controlled at least in part by a second application hosted by a second computing system, the computer implemented method comprising: automatically selecting one or more search terms from a document that is accessed by a first application at a first computing system; subsequent to automatically selecting the one or more search terms, using a second application hosted by a second computing system to determine how a search corresponding to the one or more search terms is to be performed and without first requiring a user to launch the second application or discontinue use of the first application; and receiving, at the first application, search results that were obtained as a result of a search performed at least in part by the second application on at least one database with the one or more search terms, and wherein the search is automatically performed in response to the first application selecting the one or more search terms and without requiring the user to initiate any display interface of the second application at the first computing system.