IP Library Granted Patent US 8,239,376
Granted Patent B2
US 8,239,376 · App. 12/062,295 · Granted Aug 7, 2012

Subsequent tailoring of a sign-up page based on a search engine query

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Patent No.
US 8,239,376
App. No.
12/062,295
Granted
Aug 7, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provides a method of processing data including, receiving a URL at a server computer system, utilizing the URL at the server computer system to extract a plurality of server search results from a data store, and transmitting the server search results from the server computer system to the user computer system.

Claims (54)

1. A method of processing data, comprising:

receiving a URL from a first computer system at a server computer system, wherein:

the first computer system comprises a first search engine and the server computer system comprises a second search engine,

the URL is received at the server computer system in response to a selection at a user computer system of a link identifying an associated file to be transmitted to a user mobile device, wherein:

the link is selected at the user computer system from a plurality of search results delivered by the first computer system to the user computer system, and

the plurality of search results are selected by the first search engine in response to receiving, at the first computer system, a query from the user computer system;

using the second search engine, extracting search terms from the URL at the server computer system;

using the second search engine, utilizing the search terms at the server computer system to extract a plurality of server search results from a data store; and

transmitting the server search results directly from the server computer system to the user computer system.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the search terms include a plurality of parameters and the server search results match all of the parameters.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

storing a template at the server computer system;

populating the template with the server search results; and

transmitting the template populated with the server search results to the user computer system.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in response to a selection of one of the server search results at the user computer system, an associated file is transmitted from the server computer system to the user mobile device, the user mobile device having a designated telephone number.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

prior to receiving the URL from the first computer system at the server computer system, generating the URL at the server computer system and transmitting the URL to a first computer system so that when a search request is transmitted from the user computer system to the first computer system the search request is used to extract a search engine search result with the URL from a search engine database and the first computer system transmits the search engine search result and the URL to the user computer system, such that, in response to a selection of the search engine search result at the user computer system, the URL is transmitted from the user computer system to the server computer system.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions that are executable by at least one processor of a computer system to carry out a method comprising:

receiving a URL from a search engine computer system at a server computer system, wherein:

the search engine computer system comprises a first search engine and the server computer system comprises a second search engine,

the URL is received at the server computer system in response to a selection at a user computer system of a link identifying an associated file to be transmitted to a user mobile device, wherein:

the link is selected at the user computer system from a plurality of search results delivered by the search engine computer system to the user computer system, and

the plurality of search results are selected by the first search engine in response to receiving, at the search engine computer system, a query from the user computer system;

extracting search terms from the URL at the server computer system;

utilizing the search terms at the server computer system to extract a plurality of server search results from a data store; and

transmitting the server search results directly from the server computer system to the user computer system.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , wherein the search terms include a plurality of parameters and the server search results match all of the parameters.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , the method carried out by the set of instructions further comprising:

storing a template at the server computer system;

populating the template with the server search results; and

transmitting the template populated with the server search results directly to the user computer system.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , the method carried out by the set of instructions further comprising:

in response to a selection of one of the server search results at the user computer system, transmitting an associated file from the server computer system to the user mobile device, the user mobile device having a designated telephone number.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , the method carried out by the set of instructions further comprising:

prior to receiving the URL from the search engine computer system at the server computer system, generating the URL at the server computer system and transmitting the URL to a search engine computer system so that when a search request is transmitted from the user computer system to the search engine computer system the search request is used to extract a search engine search result with the URL from a search engine database and the search engine computer system transmits the search engine search result and the URL to the user computer system, such that, in response to a selection of the search engine search result at the user computer system, the URL is transmitted from the user computer system to the server computer system.

11. A server computer system comprising:

a receiving module for receiving a URL from a search engine computer system, wherein

the search engine computer system comprises a first search module,

the URL is received at the server computer system in response to a selection at a user computer system of a link identifying an associated file to be transmitted to a user mobile device, wherein:

the link is selected at the user computer system from a plurality of search results delivered by the search engine computer system to the user computer system, and

the plurality of search results are selected by the first search module in response to receiving, at the search engine computer system, a query from the user computer system;

a data store;

a second search module connected to the receiving module, the second search module extracting search terms from the URL and utilizing the search terms to extract a plurality of server search results from the data store; and

a transmitting module connected to the second search module, the transmitting module transmitting the search results directly to the user computer system.

12. The server computer system of claim 11 , wherein the search terms include a plurality of parameters and the server search results match all of the parameters.

13. The server computer system of claim 11 comprising:

a template,

a results page preparation module configured to populate the template with the server search results, and

the transmitting module configured to transmit the template populated with the server search results directly to the user computer system.

14. The server computer system of claim 11 comprising:

a content delivery platform and content management system configured to, in response to a selection of one of the server search results at the user computer system, transmit an associated file from the server computer system to the user mobile device, the user mobile device having a designated telephone number.

15. The server computer system of claim 11 comprising:

a keyword and URL preparation module configured to, prior to receiving the URL from the search engine computer system at the server computer system, generate the URL at the server computer system; and

a URL forwarding module configured to transmit the URL generated by the keyword and URL preparation module to a search engine computer system so that when a search request is transmitted from the user computer system to the search engine computer system the search request is used to extract a search engine search result with the URL from a search engine database and the search engine computer system transmits the search engine search result and the URL to the user computer system, such that, in response to a selection of the search engine search result at the user computer system, the URL is transmitted from the user computer system to the server computer system.

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