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Google patent search

[friday, 07 january 2005] first, google bought blogger. then, google's buying flickr and now, six apart (typepad) is buying live journal # what next? is changing for the better -- or worse?btw, google's just been granted a patent for HIGHLIGHTING SEARCH T

A system highlights search terms in documents distributed over a network. The system generates a search query that includes a search term and, in response to the search query, receives a list of one or more references to documents in the network. The system receives selection of one of the references and retrieves a document that corresponds to the selected reference. The system then highlights the search term in the retrieved document.