Patent ID: 7716207
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: a computer system receiving a search constraint; the computer system identifying a first preliminary set of search results by performing a search of a first set of data items using the search constraint; the computer system identifying a second preliminary set of search results by performing a search of a second set of data items using the search constraint, wherein the second set of data items is obtained from a set of websites that are each updated at least daily; the computer system identifying a set of final search results that comprises data from the first preliminary set of search results and the second preliminary set of search results, the computer system ranking final search results within the set of final search results such that final search results from the second preliminary set of search results are grouped separately from final search results that are not from the second preliminary set of search results; and the computer system providing the set of final search results over a network for display according to the ranking.