Patent ID: 8688677

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for facilitating web-searches in a web browser having a web-search text-entry field, the method comprising: rendering, by the computer, a web page in the web browser, said web page comprising renderable data; receiving, by the computer, an indication that a user of the computer has made a user-selection of a portion of said renderable data; in response to receiving said indication: capturing, by the computer, a text string corresponding to said user-selection; and automatically placing, by the computer, said text string in the web-search text-entry field of the web browser without further instructions from said user; and subsequent to placing said text string in the web-search text-entry field of the web browser: receiving a second indication that said user has modified said text string in the web-search text-entry field of the web browser; and only after receiving said second indication, querying a web-search engine according to the modified text string.