Patent ID: 6938083
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for searching the World Wide Web for targeted Websites and for downloading document files from the targeted Websites to a user-terminal for searching and viewing designated text therein, said system comprising: (a) terminal server means for searching said targeted Websites, said targeted Websites having different formats; (b) user-terminal means to download said targeted Websites as document files to a user-terminal means, said document files having different formats; (c) means for converting text in said document files having different formats into duplicate Portable Document Format (PDF) text files; (d) said means for converting including means for converting said unconverted files into Rich Text Format prior to converting to PDF format; (e) said means for converting also including means for providing links between corresponding text in said unconverted files and said duplicate PDF text files; (f) search means for searching said duplicate PDF text files for finding designated text and for indicating a hit each time said designated text is found; (g) means to enable viewing of said duplicate PDF text files at each hit location where the designated text appears; and (h) user-initiated means employing said links to enable viewing of said unconverted downloaded document files at the same corresponding hit locations as found by said search means in said duplicate PDF text files.