SEARCH AND INDEX HOSTING SYSTEM

摘要

The system initiates a search at a first network site for user-specified dat a in a remote database at a second network site and conducts the search at a third network site (e.g., at a host computer's site). To begin, the system receives, at the first network site, a provider identifier associated with t he database from the second network site. Thereafter, the user-specified data i s input at the first network site, following which the user-specified data and the provider identifier are output from the first network site to the third network site. The system then searches for the user-specified data in a database at the third network site using the provider identifier. This database at the third network site includes data that corresponds to data stored in the remote database at the second network site.