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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2011
Wieland Holfelder, Planegg, DE;
Andreas Michael Tuerk, Woerthsee, DE;
Stephan Micklitz, Sauerlach, DE;
Christian Brumm, Munich, DE;
Wieland Holfelder, Planegg, DE;
Andreas Michael Tuerk, Woerthsee, DE;
Stephan Micklitz, Sauerlach, DE;
Christian Brumm, Munich, DE;
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of providing search results may include receiving a query including search parameters from a client, executing a search of a database based on the search parameters to obtain search results, determining whether one or more of the search results support take-down functionality, appending an indicator to one or more of the search results support take-down functionality, and providing the search results to the client with the appended graphical indicator corresponding to those search results that support take-down functionality. Further, the determining whether the one or more search results support take-down functionality may include obtaining an identifier of the one or more search results, adding a predefined code to the identifier, and determining whether the identifier with the added predefined code is a valid identifier of a resource provided by the same provider that provides the one or more search results.