Patent ID: 8090719

Claim:
A computerized method for focusing a user's attention to one of a plurality of search results presented within a display area divided into one or more content panes, the method comprising: providing search results, wherein the search results are generated according to a query; accessing form factors that describe attributes of the display area provided to present the search results; dynamically converting the search results into respective block-level elements, wherein the block-level elements reveal content extracted from the received search results, respectively, and wherein converting comprises removing formatting rules imposed by original documents associated with the search results; selecting at least one adaptive template according to the accessed form factors, wherein the at least one adaptive template is employed to provide a page layout via an application process comprising: (a) formatting the converted content of the block-level elements as a function of the at least one adaptive template; and (b) specifying the page layout comprising one or more content panes as a function of the at least one adaptive template; populating the one or more content panes with the block-level elements; recognizing that a search result of the search results is selected; identifying a block-level element associated with the selected search result; identifying a content pane of the one or more content panes that is populated with the identified block-level element; and visually distinguishing the identified block-level element such that, when rendered on a graphical user interface (GUI), the identified block-level element is appears distinct from a remainder of the block-level elements populated within the identified content pane.