Patent ID: 7765227

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for dynamically displaying categorized information about items, the computer-implemented method comprising: under control of one or more computing devices configured with executable instructions, receiving a search query about an item; generating search results related to the item based at least in part on the search query; determining ranks for the search results and identifying a first subset of the search results based at least in part on the determined ranks; identifying search categories related to the item; obtaining a set of category values for each search category based at least in part on at least one attribute of each item referenced by the first subset of the search results; ordering each set of category values based at least in part on the determined ranks of the first subset of the search results; and causing at least a portion of the ordered set of category values to be displayed for each search category, wherein the ordered set of category values enable a user to narrow the search for the item by selecting one or more of the category values.