Patent ID: 7383510

Claim:
A computer system comprising a web server with a web server application for organizing, displaying, and navigating web search engine results, comprising: a primary search results set of web page thumbnail images only provided to said web server application by a web search engine in response to a search request; a user computer in communication with said web server for receiving from said web server at least a portion of said primary search results set and for navigating said plurality of individual web pages in said primary search results set of web page thumbnail images; a secondary search results database for storing a secondary search results set comprising only individual web page thumbnail images selected for viewing from said primary search results set of web page thumbnail images; a search results display window at said user computer comprising a primary search results section and a secondary search results section, wherein: (a) said primary search results section displays individual web page thumbnail images from said primary search results set and comprises a primary scrolling function for viewing in said primary search results section each of said individual web page thumbnail images in said primary search results set; and (b) said secondary search results section displays only individual web page thumbnail images selected for viewing from said primary search results section of said search results display window and comprises a secondary scrolling function for viewing said individual web page thumbnail images in said secondary search results set; an operational window at said user computer independent of said search results display window for viewing individual web pages selected from said primary search results set and for navigating other web pages accessible from said individual web page thumbnail images, wherein; (a) said individual web pages appear in said operational window when selected from said primary search results section; (b) said individual web page thumbnail images are added to said secondary search results set when selected from said primary search results section; and (c) said individual web page thumbnail images appear in said secondary search results section according to an order in which individual web pages are selected from said primary search results section for viewing in said operational window.