Patent · US Expired

Search agent for searching the internet

US7043521B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 21, 2002
Grant dateMay 9, 2006
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 4, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99933
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus are provided for obtaining information over the internet. The method includes the steps of uploading a search agent from a searching terminal to a website to be searched and executing the uploaded steps of the search agent at the website to provide a search result. The method further includes the step of downloading the search result to the searching terminal.

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