Patent ID: 7984061

Claim:
A method for displaying web search results, the method comprising: storing and maintaining web content accessed by selected users of a web-search host as an internal source of the web-search host; receiving at least one search term at the web-search host; comparing the search term with the internal source that is maintained by the web-search host to determine whether matches exist and obtaining an internal search result; comparing the search term with an external source that is independent of the internal source maintained by parties other than the web-search host to determine whether matches exist and obtaining an external search result; displaying the internal search result and the external search result in one output, wherein the internal search result is displayed in a first section, the external search result is displayed in a second section, the first section and the second section are physically distinct from each other on the output and the second section includes an indication text that the second section includes the external search result.