Patent ID: 7346651

Claim:
A method of searching for contents information presented by a plurality of information sites over a network based on a query sent from a client terminal to a searching server through the network, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of: prompting the client terminal to input a query; enabling the client terminal to transmit the query to the searching server through the network, the query containing an item keyword indicating an item as a target of searching and an action keyword indicating an action to be made on the item; operating the searching server according to the query to search for one or more of the information sites having contents information matching the query, and to send back directory information indicative of locations of the searched information sites to the client terminal; operating the client terminal according to the directory information for accessing the searched information sites; and registering directory information of a new information Site in the searching server together with an item keyword and an action keyword matching contents information presented by the new information site in response to a request for registration of the new information site from a client terminal and in response to a user of the client terminal inputting the director′,/information, the item keyword and the action keyword; and registering information indicating another action corresponding to the action indicated by the registered action keyword.