Patent ID: 8930349
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for processing search engine search results by a browser executing on a client data processing system, comprising the steps of: receiving, by the browser executing on the client data processing system, a user-specified search criteria; sending, by the browser executing on the client data processing system, the user-specified search criteria to a search engine; receiving, by the browser executing on the client data processing system, search results from the search engine; determining, by the browser executing on the client data processing system in response to receiving the search results from the search engine, whether information included in the search results received from the search engine can be accessed by the client data processing system and if not, modifying a display characteristic for a portion of the search results pertaining to inaccessible information that cannot be accessed by the client data processing system, wherein the information comprises a plurality of entries, with each entry of the plurality of entries containing a location identifier for retrieving data associated with the each entry, wherein the display characteristic of a given entry that cannot be accessed by the client data processing system is modified such that the given entry is not displayed when the search results received from the search engine are presented to the user, wherein the display characteristic of a given entry that cannot be accessed by the client data processing system is set to a hidden value by a script executing on the client data processing system that also performs the determining step; and presenting, by the browser executing on the client data processing system, the search results to the user as modified by the browser.