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1. A computer implemented method for identifying additional content corresponding to search criteria received from a user using a virtual layer plug-in to display additional content in a virtual layer overlaid over a host web page, comprising:
receiving search criteria at a remote server, the search criteria corresponding to internet usage information associated with internet usage by a user at the virtual layer plug-in; identifying additional content relevant to the internet usage information received from the virtual layer plug-in, wherein the internet usage information pertains to a host web page that is displayed in a web browser to the user, and wherein the additional content is identified using the search criteria, and the search criteria is based on at least the contents of the host web page that is displayed in a web browser to the user and the additional content is received from the remote server using the search criteria; and sending the additional content to a client computer to display at least some of the additional content with the host web page using a virtual layer overlaid over the host web page displayed in the web browser to the user, at least some of the additional content being superimposed over the host web page in the same display window using the virtual layer overlaid over the host web page displayed in the web browser to the user and the additional content being displayed in a drop down menu structure, wherein the additional content comprises at least shopping deal information, the additional content is processed by the virtual layer plug-in to generate a visual representation, and the visual representation is clickable to cause an action to be taken corresponding to the additional content, and wherein the host web page does not natively provide functionality to enable a third party to overlay the additional content using the virtual layer. |
