Patent ID: 7359951

Claim:
A method for displaying web site search results obtained from searching multiple electronic information stores, the method comprising: storing, at a web host, internal searchable content accessible only to members of the web host; receiving at least one search term at the web host; comparing, at the web host, the search term with the stored internal searchable content accessible only to members of the web host to determine whether matches exist and obtaining an internal search result that is part of the stored internal searchable content accessible only to members of the web host; comparing the search term with electronic information that is external to the web host, that is distinct of the stored internal searchable content and that is accessible to both the members of the web host and non-members, to determine whether matches exist and obtaining an external search result that includes the matches that are determined to exist; and displaying, in a single interface, output that includes the internal search results and the external search results, wherein a group of more than one internal search result that includes the internal search result is displayed in a first section of the displayed output, a group of more than one external search result that includes the external search result is displayed in a second section of the displayed output, the first section and the second section are physically distinct from each other on the displayed output and the second section includes indication text indicating that the second section includes external search result.