Abstract:
This invention provides a method for users to mark resources on the Internet so that when the marked resources on the Internet are included in a result list from an Internet service, such as a search engine or bookmark service to the user, they will be displayed or executed.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
       [0001]    This patent application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application 61/661,855 filed Jun. 20, 2012 entitled “Method for Internet users to mark resources to be displayed or executed from a result list”. 
     
    
     STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT 
       [0002]    Not Applicable. 
       REFERENCE TO A MICROFICHE APPENDIX 
       [0003]    Not Applicable. 
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0004]    1. Field of the Invention 
         [0005]    This invention relates to a method for users to mark resources on the Internet so that when the resources are included in a result list from an Internet service, such as a search engine or bookmark service, they will be displayed or executed directly. 
         [0006]    2. Description of the Related Art 
         [0007]    Originally, search engines and bookmark services on the Internet worked in such a way that a result list was provided to users who then chose what they needed from the list. 
         [0008]    Recently, a better method has been realized. This method provides a result list, displays a resource, and executes it for users directly. For example, when users input “1+1” in Google&#39;s search box, the result “2” is displayed at the top of the result list. When users input “weather Fort Lauderdale”, the weather in Fort Lauderdale is displayed at the top of the result list. 
         [0009]    So far, marking resources to be displayed or executed directly from a result list has been done by a very limited group of people, for example, those people in search engine services. As a result, it is very often the case that there are no enough such resources to meet the user&#39;s need. Currently, there is no any method for users to mark the resources for personal use. 
         [0010]    Therefore, a new method, which allows Internet users to mark or unmark resources for display or execution from a result list to the user, is needed. 
       SUMMARY 
       [0011]    This present invention provides a method for users to mark resources on the Internet so that when the marked resources on the Internet are included in a result list from an Internet service, such as a search engine or bookmark service to the user, they will be displayed or executed directly. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING 
         [0012]    Not Applicable. 
       
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
       [0013]    The following is a detailed description of the preferred embodiments. 
       Example 1 
       [0014]    Marking a game resource for directly playing from the result list. 
         [0015]    There are two users: user A and user B. At first, none of the resources are marked. When the two users input “chess” into a search engine, the search engine finds http://example.chess along with 19 other resources and displays links to them as a list to both users. Then, we assume that user A marks the resource http://example.chess. When the two users input “chess” into a search engine again, the resulting list for both users is still the same. However, for user A, in addition to returning the result list, the chess program found in http://example.chess is directly executed too because user A has already marked the resource. 
       Example 2 
       [0016]    Marking a video resource for directly playing from the result list. 
         [0017]    There are two users: user A and user B. At first, none of the resources are marked. When the two users input “My Heart Will Go On” into a search engine, the search engine finds “Céline Dion—My Heart Will Go On—YouTube” along with 19 other resources and displays links to them as a list to both users. Then, we assume that user A marks the resource “Céline Dion—My Heart Will Go On—YouTube”. When the two users input “My Heart Will Go On” into a search engine again, the resulting list for both users is still the same. However, for user A, in addition to returning the result list, the video resource “Céline Dion—My Heart Will Go On—YouTube” is directly played too because user A has already marked the resource. 
       Example 3 
       [0018]    Marking all video resources of a website for directly playing from the result list. 
         [0019]    There are two users: user A and user B. At first, none of the resources are marked. When the two users input “My Heart Will Go On” into a search engine, the search engine finds “Céline Dion—My Heart Will Go On—YouTube” along with 19 other resources and displays links to them as a list to both users. Then, we assume that user A marks the website to which the resource “Céline Dion—My Heart Will Go On—YouTube” belong. When the two users input “Power Of Love” into a search engine again, the search engine finds “Huey Lewis—The Power Of Love—YouTube” along with 19 other resources and displays links to them as a list to both users. However, for user A, in addition to returning the result list, the video resource “Huey Lewis—The Power Of Love—YouTube” is directly played too because both the resource “Céline Dion—My Heart Will Go On—YouTube” and the resource “Huey Lewis—The Power Of Love—YouTube” belong to same website and user A has already marked the website. 
       Example 4 
       [0020]    Unmarking a game resource. 
         [0021]    The resource http://example.chess is marked for display or execution from the result list for user A. Now we assume that user A unmarks the resource. Thus when user A inputs “chess” into a search engine again, the search engine finds http:example.chess along with 19 other resources and displays links to user A, but the program from http://example.chess is not executed anymore.