Patent ID: 7668811

Claim:
A search method, comprising: a. receiving at a search server from a user computer, a search request for an item; b. transmitting a query request to a plurality of supplier servers, the query request generated based on the search request; c. while receiving from the plurality of supplier servers search results responsive to the query request, each search result including a price for the item: 1. transmitting by the search server to the user computer, a first search result received from one of the supplier servers for presentation at the user computer, the first search result including a first price for the item; and 2. transmitting by the search server to the user computer, a second search result received from a different one of the supplier servers, the second search result including a second price for the item different from the first price, for updating the presentation at the user computer to include the second price included with the second search result instead of the first price included with the first search result.