Patent ID: 7783540
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A search engine method comprising: at an account management server of an online search processing system configured to receive search requests from users and provide responsive search results based on the received search requests, providing menu options for access by a web site promoter; at the account management server, receiving over a computer network from the web site promoter information for an account associated with the web site promoter, including at the account management server, determining a current rank value associated with the bid amount for each respective search listing of the respective subaccount; at the account management server, receiving additional information defining additional subaccounts from the web site promoter to define a plurality of subaccounts; storing at the account management server the received information for the plurality of subaccounts and each respective search listing in a database; subsequently, providing computer network access to the account management server for monitoring the advertising efforts of the web site promoter and the plurality of subaccounts of the database by the web site promoter; receiving at the account management server over the computer network from a data processing device of the web site promoter a request for current account status information; and sending a message over the computer network to the data processing device of the web site promoter data defining the requested current account status information.