Patent ID: 7987168

Claim:
A method for retrieving search results pages generated by a plurality of web sites, each of the plurality of web sites allowing entry of query terms, generating corresponding address query strings, and generating the search results pages in response to the address query strings, the address query strings including the query terms and additional terms specific to each web site, the method comprising: receiving, in a software application distinct from the plurality of web sites, a selection of at least one of the plurality of web sites from which a search results page is to be retrieved; receiving, in the software application, at least one query term; generating, in the software application, at least one address query string including the at least one query term and additional terms specific to the at least one web site selected; communicating the at least one address query string to the at least one web site; and displaying the search results page generated by the at least one web site retrieved in response to the at least one address query string; wherein the search results page generated by the at least one web site is the same search results page that would have been generated if the at least one query term had been entered into the at least one web site, and the at least one web site had generated the at least one address query string.