Patent ID: 8214380

Claim:
A system for managing a set of search results available from one or more digital content resources using one or more data feeds accessible over a network having at least one graphical user interface, the system comprising: a network interface operable to communicate with the network when coupled thereto; at least one processor coupled to a memory and in communication with the network interface, the processor, in response to receipt of a user generated search request defined by one or more search terms, being programmed to: using at least one data feed over the network, retrieve one or more individual search results with each result including a network location identifier associated with one or more digital content resources matching at least one user provided search term; determine whether any duplicate sets of network location identifiers are retrieved in response to the user generated search request; assign the individual search results a user unsorted status; transmit the individual search results including only one network location identifier from any duplicate sets along with a user assignable primary sorting identifier over the network for display on the user's graphical user interface; upon receipt of at least one primary sorting identifier from the user for at least one individual search result, revise the user unsorted status of the corresponding individual search result to a user sorted status; and transmit a revised display of the individual search sets in accordance with the corresponding status and user assigned primary sorting identifier for display on the user's graphical user interface.