Metasearching a plurality of queries and consolidating results

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2007-01-09

2007-01-09

Harrell, Robert B. (Department: 2142)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Distributed data processing

Client/server

Reexamination Certificate

active

10934627

ABSTRACT:
A process and system for metasearching on a distributed network activated by a request executed by a user on a client device to request a metasearch engine to send a plurality of search queries to a plurality of search engines, the request specifying to which of the plurality of search engines each of the plurality of search queries specified in the request by the user is to be sent to, each of the plurality of search queries comprising a keyword phrase, each of the keyword phrases comprising at least one keyword specified in the request by the user, at least two of the keyword phrases of the plurality of search queries being different from each other, comprising incorporating, by the metasearch engine, received search results into at least two different display lists corresponding to the at least two different keyword phrases, and communicating a response to the client device.

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