Patent ID: 6778988
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of serving a web page to a client device, the method comprising the steps of:receiving first print data from a first publisher, the first print data being indicative of a first printed publication; receiving second print data from a second publisher, the second print data being indicative of a second printed publication, the first print data being different than the second print data, the first publisher being different than the second publisher; generating a search index from the first print data and the second print data, the search index facilitating full-text searching of the first print data and the second print data; receiving a first plurality of publication links from a first link administrator authorized by the first publisher, each of the first plurality of publication links associating each of a first plurality of publication hit specifications with each of a first plurality of network addresses, each of the first plurality of publication hit specifications identifying a portion of the first print data; receiving a second plurality of publication links from a second link administrator authorized by the second publisher, each of the second plurality of publication links associating each of a second plurality of publication hit specifications with each of a second plurality of network addresses, each of the second plurality of publication hit specifications identifying a portion of the second print data; the first plurality of publication links being different than the second plurality of publication links, the first link administrator lacking authorization to submit publication links associating a publication hit specification from the second plurality of publication hit specifications with any network address, the second link administrator lacking authorization to submit publication links associating a publication hit specification from the first plurality of publication hit specifications with any network address; receiving a search query from the client device via a network; correlating the query to at least one publication hit specification contained in the first plurality of publication hit specifications and the second plurality of publication hit specifications based on the search index; determining a target network address contained in the first plurality of network addresses, the target network address being associated with the at least one publication hit specification by the first plurality of publication links; and transmitting data related to the target network address to the client device via the network.