Patent ID: 8832186
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A process for metasearching on the Internet, wherein the steps of the process are performed by a metasearch engine executing on a hardware device, the process comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from a client device for the metasearch engine to send at least one stock related search query to a plurality of unique hosts that provide access to stock related information to be searched; (b) sending the at least one stock related search query to the plurality of unique hosts in response to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol request received from the client device; (c) receiving search results from the plurality of unique hosts in response to the at least one stock related search query sent to the plurality of unique hosts, wherein the search results comprise price data related to at least one stock; (d) incorporating the received search results comprising the price data related to the at least one stock into a response and causing at least one related news item link and at least one advertisement to be displayed in the response; (e) communicating the response from the metasearch engine to the client device.