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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2010
Liang-yu Chi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Olivia Franklin, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ashley Hall, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Guy Hepworth, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeremy Hubert, San Francisco, CA (US);
Raj Gopal Prasad Kantamneni, San Jose, CA (US);
Isabelle Peyrichoux, Mountain View, CA (US);
Harshal Sanghavi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Liang-Yu Chi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Olivia Franklin, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ashley Hall, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Guy Hepworth, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeremy Hubert, San Francisco, CA (US);
Raj Gopal Prasad Kantamneni, San Jose, CA (US);
Isabelle Peyrichoux, Mountain View, CA (US);
Harshal Sanghavi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for search, including steps of: receiving one or more search terms; searching an index for the one or more search terms to generate search results; retrieving the search results, wherein some of the search results include web pages associated with application programs; preparing a search results page for presentation to the user, wherein said search results page comprises at least a partial listing of the search results; presenting a search tool pod located on a portion of the search results page without obscuring the search results, wherein said search tool pod includes a list of application modules for executing the application programs associated with the search results that are presented; receiving a selection of a first application module; and presenting the first application module for user interaction in an area of the search results page that is smaller than the entire search results page.