Patent Document ID: 7765206
Application ID: 10737618

Base Claim:
1. A Meta-Web apparatus, comprising: a browser for a user entering a search query and for displaying result pages to said user, the result pages comprising Web pages; a search engine for receiving said search query and for generating search results in response thereto; a registry for receiving and storing user annotations and other metadata; a Meta-Web server for creating said result pages dynamically from said search results generated by said search engine by performing a look-up in said registry to determine if there is a user annotation or other metadata associated with said search results and by ordering said search results according to their relevance, said relevance dynamically determined according to said user annotations and other metadata stored in said registry, said Meta-web server subsequently sending said result pages to said browser for viewing by said user entering said query; and an annotation bar for providing a mechanism to input said user annotations and other metadata to be stored in said registry, said annotation bar dynamically added to any content that is served to a user by said Meta-Web server; wherein said annotation bar comprises user-actuated buttons which provide functions that allow a user to comment, ask questions related to the search result, indicate that the search result is relevant, and to indicate that the search result is not relevant, all of which is stored in said registry; wherein each annotation provided by a user and stored in said registry dynamically alters subsequent searches, thereby providing more relevant search results; wherein said user selects portions of documents which are then used by said Meta-Web server to identify annotations in said registry and dynamically generate information relating thereto; a related items button for a portion of text that is highlighted by said user that provides related items and information for said highlighted text.

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Claim 8:
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein one or more items selected by said user lead to a product node, wherein said Meta-Web server performs an independent search to collect data with regard to a particular product, and wherein said Meta-Web server dynamically creates a Web page for said user that comprises information collected in real time.