Patent ID: 7243300

Claim:
A method of presenting search results obtained from a search conducted over a computer network, the search being performed using searching criteria and returning information including a network location corresponding to each search result, said method comprising the steps of: (a) fetching data associated with the network location corresponding to one of the search results; (b) examining the fetched data to identify therein the searching criteria to provide at least one specific location within the fetched data of the searching criteria; (c) using the one specific location to identify a portion of the fetched data including at least the searching criteria; (d) formatting a document, said formatting comprising: (da) formatting the portion including the searching criteria into the document, to present the portion in the same manner as if presented within the entirety of the fetched data, the portion being formatted so that the searching criteria in the formatted portion becomes distinguishable in the formatted portion from other parts of the formatted portion; and (db) formatting root data, which is obtained from the fetched data at a root location of the corresponding network location, into the document in association with the formatted portion, wherein the formatted root data provides a context for the formatted portion and can be formatted independently of an entire content of the network location; and (e) repeating steps (a) to (d) for each remaining search result in which step (d) incorporates the corresponding formatted portion into the document.