Patent Document ID: 8306969
Application ID: 12236489

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing on a display a rich media themed search results webpage, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a search query at a search engine; obtaining one or more search results from the search engine based on the search query; analyzing the search query received at the search engine; accessing one or more rich-media-theme databases storing rich-media themes that are interactive, visual backgrounds useable to enhance a display of the one or more search results; comparing the search query and the rich media themes stored in the one or more rich-media-theme databases; selecting a rich-media theme that correlates to the search query, wherein the selection of a rich-media theme is based on one or more user's device characteristics; providing a plurality of layers in which one or more components of the search results display are displayed in a top layer, and one or more components of the rich media theme are displayed in one or more background layers; and composing a search results webpage by stacking the layers to create a unified display in which at least a portion of each layer is visible through an overlying layer, the rich media theme being displayed in an ambient manner that does not obstruct a user's view of the search results display, and the rich media theme being representative of the subject matter of the search query and user's device characteristics.

---

Claim 6:
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the rich media theme is selected based on a general subject matter of the search query.