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Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2009
Applicants:

Steven D. Shure, Seattle, WA (US);

Nitin Arora, Bellevue, WA (US);

Vinayak R. Hegde, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Steven D. Shure, Seattle, WA (US);

Nitin Arora, Bellevue, WA (US);

Vinayak R. Hegde, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2006.01); G06Q 30/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Various embodiments are described for determining a search configuration for a network site. A plurality of network sites are accessed in a server, and for each of the network sites, it is determined whether a search text box exists in a network page of the network site. A search is automatically performed using a search term in the search text box if the search text box exists in the network page and it is determined whether a search term can be identified in association with a search result network page generated from the search. A search configuration is stored that indicates where the search term can be identified in a future network page resulting from a search performed on the network site.


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