Patent ID: 6725251
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of transferring information between a World Wide Web (WWW) client and a WWW server in a WWW client-server system, the WWW server connected to a database, said method comprising:storing data to be transferred to said WWW server in memory media of said WWW client; at a computer hosting the WWW client, initially creating and storing a local file of the computer, the local file containing a literal query search term; interactively indicating on a display of said WWW client the local file, said local file containing the literal query search term stored in said memory media; responsive to the indicating the local file, transferring said local file from said memory media to said WWW server and storing the received file at the WWW server; after the transferring, entering a search request including a reference to the literal search term in a search request screen displayed at the WWW client and receiving the search request at the WWW server; and in response to the search request, recognizing the reference and executing a search operation searching the database for the literal query search term on said WWW server by the WWW server reading said file received from said WWW client and stored at the WWW server, and returning a search result for display at the web client.