Patent ID: 6711567
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for delivering search results for searches conducted over a network, the method comprising the steps of:establishing an association between one or more searchable items and one or more non-default items that are separate from said one or more searchable items; in response to a search that is initiated at a client on said network, performing the steps of identifying a set of searchable items that satisfy said search; inspecting a mapping to determine whether any searchable items in said set of searchable items are associated with non-default items; and delivering search results over said network to said client, wherein said search results include any non-default items that are associated with the searchable items that are in said set of searchable items; wherein at least one non-default item of the one or more non-default items is an animation.