Patent ID: 8706712

Claim:
Method comprising: responding to entry by a computer system user of a core search query into a search program executing on a computer system having a processor and memory by displaying to the user a plurality of geometric figures including a core figure representing a number of results delivered by the search program for the core search query and a secondary figure representing a number of results delivered for a related query suggested by the search program; displaying the displayed figures in varying relative sizes determined by the number of results delivered by the search program for the core search query and the number of results delivered by the search program for the query suggested by the search program, with a larger size display indicating a larger number of results; and responding to the system user pointing a screen cursor to a displayed figure by displaying the results delivered by the search program for whichever one of the core search query entered by the computer system user and the query suggested by the search program is represented by the figure to which the cursor points; wherein the response to entry of the core search query includes displaying a plurality of secondary figures representing a plurality of related queries suggested by the search program, wherein the displayed figures define a plurality of areas of overlap within each of which the results delivered area for the core search query and a query suggested by the search program.