Systems, methods and computer program products for performing internet searches utilizing bookmarks

Claim 3

A method according to claim 1 further comprising the steps of: searching for computer network files that satisfy the search request; and displaying each URL that satisfies the search request within the browser application.

Claim 4

A method according to claim 1 wherein each URL in the list of URLs transmitted with the search request is accompanied by information about a file identified thereby.

Claim 5

A method according to claim 1 wherein the list of URLs store d within the client device bookmark mechanism is transmitted with the search request as a cookie.

Claim 6

A method according to claim 1 wherein the list of URLs stored within the client device bookmark mechanism is transmitted with the search request as a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) attachment.

Claim 7

A method according to claim 1 wherein the client device is configured to communicate with the server application via wireless communication signals transmitted and received to and from the computer network.

Claim 8

A method according to claim 1 wherein the client device is a radiotelephone.

Claim 9

A method according to claim 1 wherein the server application is a search engine.

Claim 12

A method according to claim 9 wherein each URL in the list of URLs transmitted with the search request is accompanied by information about a file identified thereby.

Claim 13

A method according to claim 9 wherein the list of URLs stored within the client device bookmark mechanism is transmitted with the search request as a cookie.

Claim 14

A method according to claim 9 wherein the list of URLs stored within the client device bookmark mechanism is transmitted with the search request as a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) attachment.

Claim 15

A method according to claim 9 wherein the client device is configured to communicate with the search engine via wireless communication signals transmitted and received to and from the computer network.

Claim 16

A method according to claim 9 wherein the client device is a radiotelephone.

Claim 19

A system according to claim 15 further comprising: means for searching for computer network files that satisfy the search request; and means for displaying each URL that satisfies the search request within the browser application.

Claim 20

A system according to claim 15 wherein each URL in the list of URLs transmitted with the search request is accompanied by information about a file identified thereby.

Claim 21

A system according to claim 15 wherein the list of URLs stored within the client device bookmark mechanism is transmitted with the search request as a cookie.

Claim 22

A system according to claim 15 wherein the list of URLs stored within the client device bookmark mechanism is transmitted with the search request as a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) attachment.

Claim 23

A system according to claim 15 wherein the client device is configured to communicate with the server application via wireless communication signals transmitted and received to and from the computer network.

Claim 24

A system according to claim 15 wherein the client device is a radiotelephone.

Claim 25

A system according to claim 15 wherein the server application is a search engine.

Claim 28

A system according to claim 23 wherein each URL in the list of URLs transmitted with the search request is accompanied by information about a file identified thereby.

Claim 29

A system according to claim 23 wherein the list of URLs stored within the client device bookmark mechanism is transmitted with the search request as a cookie.

Claim 30

A system according to claim 23 wherein the list of URLs stored within the client device bookmark mechanism is transmitted with the search request as a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) attachment.

Claim 31

A system according to claim 23 wherein the client device is configured to communicate with the search engine via wireless communication signals transmitted and received to and from the computer network.

Claim 32

A system according to claim 23 wherein the client device is a radiotelephone.

Claim 33

A computer program product for searching a computer network for files, wherein files in the computer network are identified by respective Universal Resource Locators (URLs), the computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having computer readable program code means embodied in the medium, the computer readable program code means comprising: computer readable program code means for sending a search request from a browser application executing on a client device to a server application executing on a server device, wherein the server application is configured to perform a search of computer network files satisfying search requests from client devices, wherein the browser application includes a bookmark mechanism for storing URLs of selected files on the computer network, and wherein the search request is accompanied by a list of URLs stored within the browser application bookmark mechanism and at least one search term; computer readable program code means for searching the received list of URLs stored in the client device bookmark mechanism for files in the computer network that satisfy the search request; and computer readable program code means for displaying each URL stored in the client device bookmark mechanism that satisfies the search request within the browser application.

Claim 34

A computer program product for searching a computer network for files, wherein files in the computer network are identified by respective Universal Resource Locators (URLs), the computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having computer readable program code means embodied in the medium, the computer readable program code means comprising: computer readable program code means for sending a search request from a browser application executing on a client device to a server application executing on a server device, wherein the server application is configured to perform a search of computer network files satisfying search requests from client devices, wherein the browser application includes a bookmark mechanism for storing URLs of selected files on the computer network, and wherein the search request is accompanied by a list of URLs stored within the browser application bookmark mechanism and at least one search term; computer readable program code means for searching the received list of URLs stored in the client device bookmark mechanism for files in the computer network that satisfy the search request; and computer readable program code means for displaying each URL stored in the client device bookmark mechanism that satisfies the search request within the browser application.

Claim 35

A computer program product according to claim 29 further comprising: computer readable program code means for searching for computer network files that satisfy the search request; and computer readable program code means for displaying each URL that satisfies the search request within the browser application.

Claim 36

A computer program product according to claim 29 wherein each URL in the list of URLs transmitted with the search request is accompanied by information about a file identified thereby.

Claim 37

A computer program product according to claim 29 wherein the list of URLs stored within the client device bookmark mechanism is transmitted with the search request as a cookie.

Claim 38

A computer program product according to claim 29 wherein the list of URLs stored within the client device bookmark mechanism is transmitted with the search request as a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) attachment.

Claim 39

A computer program product according to claim 29 wherein the client device is configured to communicate with the server application via wireless communication signals transmitted and received to and from the computer network.

Claim 40

A computer program product according to claim 29 wherein the client device is a radiotelephone.

Claim 41

A computer program product according to claim 29 wherein the server application is a search engine.

Claim 42

A computer program product for searching the Internet for Web pages, wherein each Web page is identified by a respective Universal Resource Locator (URL), the computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having computer readable program code means embodied in the medium, the computer readable program code means comprising: computer readable program code means for sending a search request from a browser application executing on a client device to a search engine executing on a server device, wherein the search engine is configured to perform a search for Web pages that satisfy search requests from client devices, wherein the browser application includes a bookmark mechanism for storing URLs of selected Web pages on the Internet, and wherein the search request is accompanied by a list of URLs stored within the browser application bookmark mechanism and at least one search term; computer readable program code means for searching the received list of URLs stored in the client device bookmark mechanism for Web pages that satisfy the search request; computer readable program code means for searching the Internet for Web pages that satisfy the search request; and computer readable program code means for displaying within the browser application URLS from the list of URLs stored in the client device bookmark mechanism and from Web pages that satisfy the search request.

Claim 43

A computer program product for searching the Internet for Web pages, wherein each Web page is identified by a respective Universal Resource Locator (URL), the computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having computer readable program code means embodied in the medium, the computer readable program code means comprising: computer readable program code means for sending a search request from a browser application executing on a client device to a search engine executing on a server device, wherein the search engine is configured to perform a search for Web pages that satisfy search requests from client devices, wherein the browser application includes a bookmark mechanism for storing URLs of selected Web pages on the Internet, and wherein the search request is accompanied by a list of URLs stored within the browser application bookmark mechanism and at least one search term; computer readable program code means for searching the received list of URLs stored in the client device bookmark mechanism for Web pages that satisfy the search request; computer readable program code means for searching the Internet for Web pages that satisfy the search request; and computer readable program code means for displaying within the browser application URLS from the list of URLs stored in the client device bookmark mechanism and from Web pages that satisfy the search request.

Claim 44

A computer program product according to claim 37 wherein each URL in the list of URLs transmitted with the search request is accompanied by information about a file identified thereby.

Claim 45

A computer program product according to claim 37 wherein the list of URLs stored within the client device bookmark mechanism is transmitted with the search request as a cookie.

Claim 46

A computer program product according to claim 37 wherein the list of URLs stored within the client device bookmark mechanism is transmitted with the search request as a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) attachment.

Claim 47

A computer program product according to claim 37 wherein the client device is configured to communicate with the search engine via wireless communication signals transmitted and received to and from the computer network.

Claim 48

A computer program product according to claim 37 wherein the client device is a radiotelephone.