Patent ID: 6480853
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of searching a computer network for files, wherein files in the computer network are identified by respective Universal Resource Locators (URLs), the method comprising the steps of:sending a search request from a browser application executing on a client device to a server application executing on a server device, wherein the server application is configured to perform a search of computer network files satisfying search requests from client devices, wherein the browser application includes a bookmark mechanism for storing URLs of selected files on the computer network, and wherein the search request is accompanied by a list of URLs stored within the browser application bookmark mechanism and at least one search tern; searching the received list of URLs stored in the client device bookmark mechanism for files in the computer network that satisfy the search request; and displaying each URL stored in the client device bookmark mechanism that satisfies the search request within the browser application.