Graphical User Interface for a Search Engine Including User Selectable Advertisement Categories

摘要

A graphical user interface of a personal computing device includes a search box and a search button. An advertising selection menu including a plurality of user selectable advertising categories is displayed after a user actuates the search button while the search box is blanket. A content provider receives the user's selection of the advertising categories. Targeted advertisements are rendered to the user by the content provider when contents based upon a subsequent search query are delivered to the user through the personal device.

主权项

1. A user interface, comprising:
a. a search box displayed on a screen of a personal computing device by a search engine connected to the personal device through a communication network, said search box pertaining to receiving a user's query; b. a search button displayed by said search engine in an adjacent position to the search box on the screen; and c. an advertising selection window displayed on the screen after the user actuates said search button when said search box is blanket, said advertising selection window further including a plurality of user selectable advertising categories.