Method for searching media

摘要

Data sets representing published items are input, for example, scanned-in or sent electronically, and stored in a searchable database. Each data set includes text from at least one published item. Responsive to the search query, a search engine searches for and identifies relevant web pages and data sets representing published items and ranked characterizations are returned for the relevant web pages and published items. An electronic path may be provided with the published item. The electronic path may be a hyperlink from a characterization of a relevant published item to a more complete electronic representation of the relevant published item. Publishers may provide authorization to display copyrighted materials through a permission protocol.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by one or more devices, a document associated with a first user,
the document having a plurality of portions of data; providing, by the one or more devices and for presentation via a user interface, the document to the first user; receiving, by the one or more devices and from the first user, information designating a first viewing mode or a second viewing mode for each of the plurality of portions,
the first viewing mode, for a first portion of the plurality of portions, indicating that the first portion is not viewable by one or more second users,the second viewing mode, for a second portion of the plurality of portions, indicating that the second portion is viewable by the one or more second users, andthe first portion being visually distinguished, within the user interface, from the second portion based on the first portion being designated for the first viewing mode and the second portion being designated for the second viewing mode; storing, by the one or more devices, the information designating the first viewing mode or the second viewing mode in association with each of the plurality of portions,
information designating the first viewing mode being stored in association with the first portion, andinformation designating the second viewing mode being stored in association with the second portion; receiving, by the one or more devices and from a second user of the one or more second users, a request for the document; modifying, by the one or more devices, the document to make the first portion not viewable to the second user while making the second portion viewable to the second user when the document is rendered for display to the second user; and providing, by the one or more devices, the modified document for display to the second user.