Patent ID: 8738599

Claim:
A search method, comprising: receiving, by at least one search system server, a search request for items that meet at least one criterion specified by the user, the search request provided by a user from a user computer; transmitting at least one search query to each of a plurality of third party supplier servers, the at least one search query based on the search request; receiving, at the at least one search system server, at least one response from each of the plurality of third party supplier servers, each at least one response comprising at least one query result specifying a specific item meeting the at least one criterion such that at least one query result is received from each of the plurality of third party supplier servers; providing, by the at least one search system server, the at least one query result received from each of the plurality of third party supplier servers for display to the user on the user computer; receiving, at the at least one search system server, an indication that the user would like to purchase one of the specific items specified by one of the at least one query results received from one of the plurality of third party supplier servers; and conducting, by the at least one search system server, a transaction via an interface between the at least one search system server and the one of the third party supplier servers to purchase the one of the specific items via the interface.