Patent ID: 7908289

Claim:
Computer-executable program code stored on a non-transitory memory medium, the program code comprising: code executed by a computer processor to define a graphical user interface page displayed at a user computer, the graphical user interface page comprising a search region containing user search criteria and a result region comprising plural indicia representing a plurality of search categories within which user search criteria may be searched, at least one of said plurality of said search category indicia selected from a group of search category indicia consisting of a web category indicia and a yellow pages category indicia; and code executed by the computer processor to define, in the graphical user interface page, a connection indicator establishing a visual connection between said search region and a selected one of said search category indicia that indicates the search category within which a search for said search criteria is performed, said connection indicator indicating that a search for said user search criteria has been performed in the search category indicated by said connection indicator, said connection indicator comprising a non-textual pointer that points from a region proximate said search region to a region proximate said selected one search category indicia.