Patent ID: 6978264

Claim:
A system for locating web sites in a network, comprising: a server computer having a directory of nodes wherein at least one node contains a plurality of web sites related to a first concept and a category related to the first concept and wherein the nodes are arranged in a hierarchical order such that a node having a concept narrower than the first concept is lower in the hierarchy and a node having a concept broader than the first concepts is higher in the hierarchy; and wherein at least one other node contains a plurality of web sites related to a second concept and a category related to the second concept and wherein the nodes are arranged in a hierarchical order such that a node having a concept narrower than the first concept is lower in the hierarchy and a node having a concept broader than the first concepts is higher in the hierarchy wherein the first and second concepts are related by a search term; a client computer in communication with the server computer wherein when the client computer communicates the search term related to the at least one node and the at least one other node so that the client computer receives the plurality of web pages and the categories related to the at least one node and the at least one other node whereby the client computer displays a first group comprising a link to the corresponding at least one node and a link corresponding to the at least one other node and a second group comprising a plurality of web sites matching the search term.