Patent ID: 8521715

Claim:
A system for sending queries to searchable web pages and obtaining a search results page for each searchable web page over a network, wherein the system comprises: a. a processor in communication with a network; b. a client input device in communication with the processor; c. an administrative host website in communication with the network; d. a web browsing apparatus in communication with the processor; e. a plurality of favicons associated with a plurality of searchable web pages; f. a client software apparatus in communication with the processor; and g. a data storage in communication with the processor wherein the system is configured to perform a method of using favicons to send queries to a plurality of searchable webpages to obtain a search result page for each searchable webpage over the network, wherein the method comprises: receiving a search element from a user using the client software apparatus; displaying favicons; receiving selection of one of the favicons; automatically inserting the search element into a Uniform Resource Locator associated with the chosen favicon using the client software apparatus, the administrative host website, or both; directing the web browsing apparatus to a search results page associated with the searchable website of the chosen favicon, wherein the search results page comprises a first set of results links; and identifying an interest category and search term based on a user selected website currently being viewed by the user, and simultaneously changing the interest category of the user to an alternative interest category that corresponds to the user selected website.