Patent ID: 7725449
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for customizing a search-result description that is returned by a search engine and that describes an identified document, wherein the method is implemented with one or more of a processor and a computer storage medium and the method comprises: using the processor to receive an input, which indicates information that is related to the identified document and that is retrieved by the search engine when responding to a search query, wherein the input is received using a search-result-description request component of a customizable-search application programming interface and wherein the information includes: in response to receiving the search query, using the processor to encode the search query to include a search-result-description request, which requests that the information be retrieved; sending the search query together with the search-result description request to the search engine; upon identification of the identified document, retrieving portions of the identified document that are specified by the information, wherein the identified document is identified from a plurality of documents and wherein the portions include at least one of: in response to receiving from the search engine the search-result description, using a search-result-description API to enable both viewing of the search-result description as a programmatic attribute and specifying elements of a user interface for displaying the search-result description; and causing display of the search-result description to an end user, wherein the search-result description is displayed in a specified format.