Patent ID: 8694604

Claim:
One or more computer-readable memory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions for generating search results while honoring content limitations, the computer-executable instructions directed to steps comprising: receiving a search query and the content limitations; identifying a first responsive content, hosted by a first remote computing device, as being responsive to the search query, the identified first responsive content being content which the content limitations proscribe from presenting in response to the search query; identifying a second responsive content, hosted by a second remote computing device, as being responsive to the search query, the identified second responsive content being content which the content limitations allow to be presented in response to the search query; generating an obscured version of a first thumbnail image representing the identified first responsive content, the generated obscured version of the first thumbnail image lacking those aspects of the identified first responsive content that are restricted by the content limitations; and providing a, in response to the search query, the response comprising: the generated obscured version of the first thumbnail image, a first link to the first responsive content on the first remote computing device, a second thumbnail image representing the second responsive content, and a second link to the second responsive content on the second remote computing device, and a textual indication of a third responsive content, responsive to the search query, the textual indication comprising a link to a third remote computing device hosting the responsive content and a selected textual portion of the third responsive content, the response causing simultaneous presentation of both the first and second thumbnail images, the response causing the first thumbnail image to be presented in a delineated visual area that is separate and apart from the textual indication of the third responsive content; wherein the first thumbnail image is associated with the first link such that user action directed to the first thumbnail image initiates a request for the first responsive content as identified by the first link; and wherein the second thumbnail image is associated with the second link such that user action directed to the second thumbnail image initiates a request for the second responsive content as identified by the second link.