Patent ID: 8965788
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of serving a search portal, the method comprising: serving, from a retail server to a client computing device, a search portal of a retail enterprise, the search portal including a central region having an array of customizable merchandizing tiles, said merchandizing tiles being customizable by the retail enterprise serving a webpage to display one of an advertisement and a product available for purchase via the webpage; at least one informational region comprising two or more sub-regions selected from the group consisting of an FAQ subsection, a buying guide subsection, a publications subsection, and a stores subsection, the stores subsection being linked to a portal providing information about physical retail locations of the retail enterprise; receiving, from a client computing device, a first user search input activating a search query; in response to the first user search input, generating, using at least one computer, a first webpage content for the search portal based on the first user search input; concurrently populating the central region with a first portion of the first webpage content and the at least one informational region with a second portion of the first webpage content without further action by the first user other than the first user search input activating the search query, wherein the first portion of the first webpage content and the second portion of the first webpage content are based on the first user search input; and, configuring at least one computer to dynamically populate the central region and the at least one informational region with different content based on a search input different from the first user search input without further action by a user other than input of a different search activating a different search query.