Patent ID: 7895175
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising steps of: in response to user input, sending a search query from a client to a search engine; receiving from the search engine in response to the search query, at the client, (a) search results matching the search query and (b) search instructions corresponding to each of a plurality of information providers; wherein at least one information provider of the plurality of information providers has certain information that is not accessible to the search engine; without receiving any additional user input at the client, in response to receiving the search instructions, the client automatically using the search instructions to initiate searches by submitting search queries to the plurality of information providers without receiving any additional user input; wherein the client automatically using the search instructions to initiate searches at each of the information providers comprises initiating a search for said certain information, that is not accessible to the search engine, in said at least one information provider; receiving, at the client, search results from each of the information providers; and displaying concurrently, on the client, the search results from the search engine and the search results from each of the information providers; wherein the steps of the method are performed by one or more computing devices.