Patent ID: 8407202

Claim:
A method for searching for data in a distributed Internet network, the method comprising: receiving a searching target, the searching target comprising a plurality of target information items and, associated with each target information item, an indication that the target information item is of one of a plurality of particular information types; receiving a plurality of served information groupings from a plurality of separate information servers located in the distributed Internet network; searching each of the plurality of served information groupings for fields identified using predetermined identifiers standardized among the separate information servers, the predetermined identifiers indicating that the identified fields comprise information of the particular information types associated with the target information items, the predetermined identifiers included in the served information groupings; if a field identified using the predetermined identifier is found in a served information grouping, then decrypting information contained in the field using a private key; and if a field identified using the predetermined identifier is found in a served information grouping, and the field contains one of the target information items, then associating contents of that served information grouping with search results; wherein, for each information grouping, at least one of the identified fields contains fixed geographical information about a business associated with the information grouping, and at least one of the identified fields contains dynamic information relating to sales promotions of the business associated with the information grouping.