Patent ID: 7860946

Claim:
A method for accessing information over a network, the method comprising: providing a single interface including a plurality of windows; monitoring user interactions with the plurality of windows; providing information from one or more network resources to the single interface based at least in part on the monitored user interactions with the plurality of windows; receiving categories defining a business vertical, wherein a first category of the categories is associated with a first color, wherein a second category of the categories is associated with a second color, and wherein a third category of the categories is associated with a third color; receiving search input through one of the plurality of windows, the search input associated with one or more of the categories; searching for network-based information provided by the one or more network resources that is associated with the search input; and displaying a result of searching for the network-based information in a manner that indicates which of the categories or a combination of the categories is associated with the result, wherein displaying the result comprises: displaying the result in association with the first color if the result is associated only with the first category, displaying the result in association with the second color if the result is associated only with the second category, displaying the result in association with the third color if the result is associated only with the third category, displaying the result in association with a fourth color if the result is associated only with the combination of the first category and the second category, displaying the result in association with a fifth color if the result is associated only with the combination of the second category and the third category, displaying the result in association with a sixth color if the result is associated only with the combination of the first category and the third category, and displaying the result in association with a seventh color if the result is associated with the combination of the first category, the second category, and the third category.