Patent ID: 7747612
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for presenting a result set with an indication of an item that is exclusive to the result set, the method comprising: receiving a primary result set and a secondary result set in response to a search query, the primary result set and secondary result set each comprising one or more items; determining an exclusive item contained in the primary result set that is not contained in the secondary result set, including determining items ranked above a threshold value in the primary result set and below a threshold value in the secondary result set; displaying the primary result set to a user; displaying an indication with the exclusive item to the user indicating that the exclusive item is contained in the primary result set and not contained in the secondary result set including displaying an animated icon, the indication displayed in the primary result set; displaying a difference result set adjacent to the primary result set, the difference result set: (1) containing the one or more items in the secondary result set that is not included in the primary result set; (2) containing the one or more items in the primary result set that is included in the secondary result set; and (3) excluding one or more items in the primary result set not included in the secondary result set; determining if the user is a registered user; and if the user is not a registered user, not displaying the indication with the exclusive item to the user; and eliciting feedback from a user regarding the selection of the exclusive item.