System and method of displaying related sites

摘要

A system facilitates the display of thumbnail images containing images of websites related to a website currently being viewed by a user. The system may include several different components to provide the thumbnail images to the user, such as a graphical user interface, an input interface, and a processor. The graphical user interface may display a website for viewing by a user and the input interface may receive an input representative of a request for a related website. The processor may transmit the request for the related website to a search engine, and, in response, the processor may obtain a search result representative of the related website. Moreover, the search result may include several components, such as a related website image representative of the related website and a uniform resource locator (“URL”) representative of a location of the related website.

主权项

1. A system for displaying images of websites related to a viewed website, the system comprising:
a graphical user interface of a web browser operative to display a website for viewing by a user; an input interface provided by the web browser, wherein the input interface is operative to receive an input representative of a request for a related website that is determined as being related to the website for viewing by the user by comparing the textual content of the related website with textual content of the website for viewing by the user; and, a processor for managing the graphical user interface and the input interface, the processor being operative to:
receive a request via the input interface for the related website that is related to the website being viewed by the user;transmit the request for the related website to a search engine operative to search for the related website, the search being performed in response to the request received via the input interface; and,obtain a search result representative of the related website, wherein the search result comprises:
a related website image representative of the related website; anda uniform resource locator representative of a location of the related website; wherein: the processor is further operative to cause the graphical user interface to display the search result simultaneously with the website for viewing by the user.