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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2004
Craig Nevill-manning, New York, NY (US);
Pearl Renaker, San Francisco, CA (US);
Craig Nevill-Manning, New York, NY (US);
Pearl Renaker, San Francisco, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A search engine implements a method comprising receiving a search query, identifying a plurality of item identifiers responsive to the search query, identifying a first group of item identifiers from the plurality of item identifiers, wherein the first group of item identifiers was obtained by a first method, identifying a second group of items from the plurality of item identifiers, wherein the second group of item identifiers was obtained by a second method, and causing the output of all or a plurality of the item identifiers, comprising providing a cue to distinguish between the item identifiers from the first group and the item identifiers from the second group.