RU2820409C1 - Method (versions), computing device (versions) and system (versions) for performing metasearch of data - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: computer engineering.

SUBSTANCE: group of inventions relates to computer engineering and can be used to perform metasearch of data. One of the versions of the method comprises steps of enabling interaction with a user for user input of a user search query, creating a network connection with a server to enable transmission of said received user search query over said network connection to said server, receiving from a server one or more network addresses of information resources over said network connection in response to said input user search query, sending at least one search query over a communication network associated with an identifier of a user computing device, at least to one of said information resources using its network address, receiving search results from information resources to which search queries were sent, with provision of their redirection to the server along the specified network connection and receiving ranked search results from the server along the specified network connection.

EFFECT: high accuracy of search results, high efficiency of data search processes, reduced amount of computing resources and memory resources, high level of protection of data received by the computing device.

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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the field of computer technology, in particular computing devices, methods and systems used to perform data metasearch.

BACKGROUND OF THE ART

Various computing devices are currently known in the art that can be used to perform data metasearch.

In particular, US patent application No. 2021125997 (hereinafter US 2012066200), published on March 15, 2012 (IPC: G06F 17/30), discloses a method for performing metasearch for data, according to which: (i) receiving an HTTP request for a metasearch engine from a client device for sending a plurality of search requests to a plurality of individual hosts that provide access to the information being sought, wherein the HTTP request from the client device is associated with a plurality of travel-related objects; (ii) forwarding said plurality of search requests to individual hosts in response to an HTTP request received from the client device; (iii) receiving search results from said plurality of individual hosts in response to said plurality of search requests directed to said plurality of individual hosts; (iv) add the specified search results obtained to the generated response; (v) reporting said response from the metasearch engine to the client device; (vi) receiving another HTTP request from the client device to place an order for at least one of the plurality of travel-related items; and (vii) process said order placed.

It should be noted that in the method of performing metasearch for data disclosed in US 2012066200, metasearch engine search requests to individual hosts can be identified by said hosts as requests from a third-party aggregator service, bot, scrapper, or as requests in a DDoS attack, and not as real requests from the user, especially if the specified hosts receive bulk search requests from the same metasearch engine (for example, in the case of a metasearch engine receiving HTTP requests from multiple client devices), which could ultimately lead to blocking such a metasearch engine on the specified hosts.

It should also be noted that in the method for performing data metasearch disclosed in US 2012066200, search requests to individual hosts are associated with a client HTTP request from the client device, however, such search requests may be automatically identified by the hosts as coming from the metasearch engine and not from the client device. device, in particular based on the metasearch engine identification data (for example, the IP address of the server containing the metasearch engine) contained in said search queries, which may ultimately lead to a significant reduction in the degree of relevance of the search results that will be returned in response to client device in US 2012066200, in relation to the user (in particular, search results can be returned taking into account the geographical location of the server with a metasearch engine, and not the client device, in the case of using the IP address of the query source contained in the search query when ranking search results).

Thus, a major disadvantage of known data metasearch methods, including the data metasearch method disclosed in US 2012066200, is that they may lead to blocking of the source of search queries and/or may return insufficiently relevant search results to the user.

Thus, there is an obvious need to further improve known methods for performing data metasearch, in particular to eliminate or minimize the likelihood of blocking the source of search queries and/or increase the degree of relevance of search results to the user.

Therefore, the technical problem solved by the present invention is to provide a method, computing device and system for performing data metasearch, each of which at least partially eliminates at least one of the above-mentioned disadvantages of the known method for performing data metasearch, which consists in the possibility of blocking source of search queries and low relevance of search results.

An additional technical problem solved by the present invention is to expand the arsenal of technical tools capable of performing data metasearch.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

An object of the present invention is to provide a method, computing device and system for performing data metasearch, each of which solves at least the technical problem identified above.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an alternative method, computing device and system for performing metasearch of data in relation to known technical solutions in the prior art.

Each of the stated objectives is achieved in the first aspect of the present invention in that the proposed method for performing data metasearch performed on a user computing device having one or more processors comprises the steps of: (i) providing user interaction for user input of a user search term; request; (ii) creating a network connection with the server, causing said input user search query to be transmitted over said network connection to said server; (iii) receive from the server one or more network addresses of information resources over a specified network connection in response to a specified user search request; (iv) send at least one search request over the communication network, matched with the identifier of the user computing device, to at least one of the specified information resources using its address in the communication network; (v) receive search results from information resources to which search requests were sent, ensuring their redirection to the server via the specified network connection; (vi) receive ranked search results from the server over the specified network connection.

Each of the objectives is achieved in the second aspect of the present invention in that the proposed method for performing data metasearch performed on a user computing device having one or more processors comprises the steps of: (i) providing user interaction for user input of a user search term; request; (ii) creating a network connection with the server, causing said input user search query to be transmitted over said network connection to said server; (iii) receive from the server one or more network addresses of information resources over the specified network connection in response to the specified entered user search query; (iv) send at least one search request over the communication network, matched with the identifier of the user computing device, to at least one of the specified information resources using its address in the communication network; (v) accept search results from information resources to which search queries were sent; and (vi) ranking said accepted search results to obtain ranked search results, while according to said method, additionally (vii) providing the ability to interact with the user for the user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources, (viii) transmitting said authorization data to the specified server over a specified network connection, (ix) receive from the server one or more server authorization requests, each of which corresponds to a user search request and corresponds to one of the specified information resources, authorization data for which was transferred to the specified server, over a specified network connection with provision issuing a user authorization request for each of the information resources corresponding to the specified server authorization requests via the communication network, and (x) receiving authorization keys from the specified information resources for which user authorization requests were issued via the communication network ensuring their issuance to the specified server over a specified network connection, wherein the addresses of information resources in the communication network received from the server additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and each search request sent by a user computing device over the communication network to an information resource in accordance with one of the specified addresses of information resources, additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource.

In addition, each of the stated problems is solved in the third aspect of the present invention due to the fact that the proposed computing device for performing data metasearch includes: (i) a user interaction module configured to allow the user to enter a user search query; and (ii) a computing module communicatively coupled with the module to interact with a user to receive said user search request, and configured to perform at least the following operations: (a) enable the establishment of a network connection to the server for transmitting said input user search query over said network connection to said server; (b) provide the ability to receive from the server one or more network addresses of information resources over a specified network connection in response to a specified user search request; (c) provide the ability to send at least one search request over the communication network, matched with the identifier of the user computing device, to at least one of the specified information resources using its address in the communication network; (d) provide the ability to receive search results from information resources to which search requests were sent, with the ability to redirect them to the server over the specified network connection, and (e) provide the ability to receive ranked search results from the server over the specified network connection.

In addition, each of the stated problems is solved in the fourth aspect of the present invention due to the fact that the proposed computing device for performing data metasearch includes: (i) a user interaction module configured to allow a user to enter a user search query; and (ii) a computing module communicatively coupled with the module to interact with a user to receive said user search request, and configured to perform at least the following operations: (a) enable the establishment of a network connection to the server for transmitting said input user search query over said network connection to said server; (b) provide the ability to receive from the server one or more network addresses of information resources over a specified network connection in response to a specified user search request; (c) provide the ability to send at least one search request over the communication network, matched with the identifier of the user computing device, to at least one of the specified information resources using its address in the communication network; (d) provide the ability to receive search results from information resources to which search queries were sent; and (e) ranking said received search results to obtain ranked search results, wherein the user interaction module is further configured to allow the user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources, and the computing module is further configured to perform at least the following operations according to which: (f) transmit specified authorization data to a specified server over a specified network connection, (g) receive from the server one or more server authorization requests, each of which corresponds to a user search request and corresponds to one of the specified information resources, authorization data for which were transferred to the specified server, over the specified network connection, ensuring the issuance of a user authorization request for each of the information resources corresponding to the specified server authorization requests, over the communication network and (h) receiving authorization keys from the specified information resources for which the user's permissions were issued authorization requests, over the communication network, ensuring their issuance to the specified server over the specified network connection, while the addresses of information resources in the communication network received from the server additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and each search request sent by the user computing device over the communication network to an information resource in accordance with one of the specified addresses of information resources, additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource.

In addition, each of the stated problems is solved in the fifth aspect of the present invention due to the fact that the proposed method for performing data metasearch contains the steps of: (i) allowing, through a user computing device, the user to enter a user search query; (ii) creating, through the user's computing device, a network connection to the server, causing said user search request to be transmitted over said network connection to said server; (iii) providing, through said server, one or more network addresses of information resources over said network connection from said server to said user computing device in response to said input user search query; (iv) send, through the user computing device, at least one search request over the communication network, matched with the identifier of the user computing device, to at least one of the specified information resources using its address in the communication network received from the specified server ; (v) receive, through the user's computing device, search results from information resources to which search requests were sent, ensuring their redirection to the specified server over the specified network connection; and (vi) ranking, through said server, said search results to obtain ranked search results for delivery to a user computing device over said network connection.

In addition, each of the stated problems is solved in the sixth aspect of the present invention due to the fact that the proposed method for performing data metasearch contains the steps of: (i) allowing, through a user computing device, the user to enter a user search query; (ii) creating, through the user's computing device, a network connection to the server, causing said user search request to be transmitted over said network connection to said server; (iii) providing, through said server, one or more network addresses of information resources over said network connection from said server to said user computing device in response to said user search request; (iv) send, through the user computing device, at least one search request over the communication network, matched with the identifier of the user computing device, to at least one of the specified information resources using its address in the communication network received from the specified server ; (v) receive, through the user's computing device, search results from information resources to which the search queries were directed; and (vi) ranking, through the user computing device, the specified search results to obtain ranked search results, while in accordance with the specified method additionally (vii) allowing, through the user computing device, the ability for the user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources, (viii) ) transmit, through the user's computing device, said authorization data to said server over said network connection, (ix) process, through said server, said authorization data to generate one or more server authorization requests, each of which corresponds to a user search request and corresponds to one from the specified information resources, the authorization data for which was transferred to the specified server, ensuring the issuance of the specified server authorization requests to the user computing device over the specified network connection, (x) issuing, through the user computing device, a user authorization request for each of the information resources, corresponding to the specified server authorization requests, via the communication network and (xi) receive authorization keys from the specified information resources for which user authorization requests were issued, via the communication network, ensuring their issuance to the specified server via the specified network connection, while the addresses of the information resources in communication networks received from the server additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and each search request sent by the user computing device via the communication network to an information resource in accordance with one of the specified information resource addresses additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource.

In addition, each of the stated problems is solved in the seventh aspect of the present invention due to the fact that the proposed system for performing data metasearch contains: (i) a server for performing data metasearch; and (ii) a user computing device for performing data metasearch, connected to communicate with said server over a communications network and containing at least one processor configured to perform at least the following operations, according to which: (i) enable interaction with the user for the user to enter a user search query and (ii) create a network connection with the specified server through the specified communication network with the ability to transmit the specified user search query over the specified network connection to the specified server, wherein the specified server is further configured to issue one or more network addresses of information resources over the specified network connection to the user computing device in response to the specified entered user search query, the user computing device is additionally configured to send at least one search request over the communication network, matched with the identifier of the user computing device, according to to at least one of the specified information resources using its address in the communication network received from the specified server, and the ability to receive search results from the information resources to which the search requests were sent, ensuring the possibility of their redirection to the specified server via the specified network connection, and said server is further configured to rank said search results received from the user computing device to obtain ranked search results so that they can be delivered to the user computing device over said network connection.

In addition, each of the stated problems is solved in the eighth aspect of the present invention due to the fact that the proposed system for performing data metasearch contains: (i) a server for performing data metasearch; and (ii) a user computing device for performing data metasearch, connected to communicate with said server over a communications network and containing at least one processor configured to perform at least the following operations, according to which: (i) enable interaction with the user for the user to enter a user search query and (ii) create a network connection with the specified server through the specified communication network with the ability to transmit the specified user search query over the specified network connection to the specified server, wherein the specified server is further configured to issue one or more network addresses of information resources over the specified network connection to the user computing device in response to the specified user search request, and the user computing device is additionally configured to perform at least the following operations, according to which: (a) sending at least one search request to a communication network, matched with the user computing device identifier to at least one of the specified information resources using its address in the communication network received from the specified server; (b) accept search results from information resources to which search queries were sent; and (c) ranking said received search results to obtain ranked search results, wherein the user computing device is further configured to allow the user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources and is configured to transmit said authorization data to said server over said network connection , and said server is further configured to process said authorization data to create one or more server authorization requests, each of which corresponds to a user search query and corresponds to one of said information resources, the authorization data for which has been transmitted to said server, allowing the issuance specified server authorization requests to the user computing device over the specified network connection, wherein the user computing device is also configured to perform the following operations, according to which: (d) issuing a user authorization request for each of the information resources corresponding to the specified server authorization requests over the network communication and (e) receive authorization keys from the specified information resources for which user authorization requests were issued, over the communication network, ensuring their issuance to the specified server via the specified network connection, while the addresses of information resources in the communication network received from the server, additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and each search request sent by the user computing device over the communication network to an information resource in accordance with one of the specified addresses of information resources additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource.

A method for performing data metaretrieval according to the first aspect of the present invention, a method for performing data metaretrieval according to the second aspect of the present invention, a computing device for performing data metaretrieval according to the third aspect of the present invention, a computing apparatus for performing data metaretrieval according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a method for performing data metaretrieval according to the fifth aspect aspect of the present invention, a method for performing data meta-search according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, a system for performing data meta-search according to the seventh aspect of the present invention, and a system for performing data meta-search according to the eighth aspect of the present invention each provide a technical result of improving the accuracy of search results. In particular, increased accuracy of search results is achieved by issuing search requests for information resources directly from the user computing device with the participation of a server that provides the network addresses of these information resources to the user computing device as a result of processing the user search request corresponding to the specified user computing device.

In addition, a method for performing data metaretrieval according to the first aspect of the present invention, a method for performing data metaretrieval according to the second aspect of the present invention, a computing device for performing data metaretrieval according to the third aspect of the present invention, a computing apparatus for performing data metaretrieval according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a method for performing metasearch data according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, a method for performing data meta-search according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, a system for performing data meta-search according to the seventh aspect of the present invention, and a system for performing data meta-search according to the eighth aspect of the present invention each provide an additional technical result of increasing the efficiency of the implementation process data metasearch.

In addition, a method for performing data metaretrieval according to the first aspect of the present invention, a method for performing data metaretrieval according to the second aspect of the present invention, a computing device for performing data metaretrieval according to the third aspect of the present invention, a computing apparatus for performing data metaretrieval according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a method for performing metasearch of data according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, a method for performing data meta-search according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, a system for performing data meta-search according to the seventh aspect of the present invention, and a system for performing data meta-search according to the eighth aspect of the present invention each provide an additional technical result of reducing the volume computing resources and memory resources allocated by a computing device used to interact directly with the user to perform data metasearch. In particular, the reduction in the amount of computing resources and memory resources allocated by the user computing device for the implementation of the data metasearch process is due to the execution of part of the operations associated with the implementation of data metasearch on the server.

In addition, a method for performing data metaretrieval according to the first aspect of the present invention, a method for performing data metaretrieval according to the second aspect of the present invention, a computing device for performing data metaretrieval according to the third aspect of the present invention, a computing apparatus for performing data metaretrieval according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a method for performing metasearch data according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, a method for performing data meta-retrieval according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, a system for performing data meta-retrieval according to the seventh aspect of the present invention, and a system for performing data meta-retrieval according to the eighth aspect of the present invention each provide an additional technical result of increasing the level of protection of data received by a computing device used to interact directly with the user and involved in performing data metasearch. In particular, the increased level of data security is due to the fact that the user computing device receives data used to perform the data metasearch process from the server over a network connection that the user computing device establishes with the server.

In addition, a method for performing data metaretrieval according to the first aspect of the present invention, a method for performing data metaretrieval according to the second aspect of the present invention, a computing device for performing data metaretrieval according to the third aspect of the present invention, a computing apparatus for performing data metaretrieval according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a method for performing metasearch data according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, a method for performing data metaretrieval according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, a system for performing data metaretrieval according to the seventh aspect of the present invention, and a system for performing data metaretrieval according to the eighth aspect of the present invention each provide an additional technical result of expanding the arsenal technical means capable of carrying out metasearch for data, in particular in the creation of more universal technical means capable of carrying out metasearch for data in various data sources or on various information resources.

It should be noted that depending on the specific embodiment of the present invention and the technical solution disclosed in one of the information sources constituting the prior art for the present invention, the present invention may provide at least one of the following additional technical results: optimization of the process of performing data metasearch, increased efficiency of the data metasearch process, increasing the level of data security when exchanging data, reducing the risk of data loss when carrying out data metasearch, accelerating the receipt of search results when carrying out data metasearch, reducing the risk of blocking the search source when carrying out data metasearch, increasing user anonymity when carrying out data metasearch and etc.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings, which are provided to provide a better understanding of the present invention, form a part hereof and are included herein to illustrate the embodiments and aspects of the present invention described below. The accompanying drawings, in conjunction with the following description, serve to explain the essence of the present invention. On the drawings:

in fig. 1 is a block diagram illustrating one example implementation of a system for performing data metaretrieval according to the present invention, which includes a computing device for performing data metaretrieval and a server for performing data metaretrieval;

in fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the main operations of the data metasearch method of the present invention, which is implemented by the user computing device shown in FIG. 1 as part of a system for performing data metasearch; And

in fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the main operations of the data metaretrieval method according to the present invention, which is implemented by the data metaretrieval system shown in FIG. 1.

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INVENTION

The following describes some examples of possible embodiments of the present invention, but the following description should not be construed as defining or limiting the scope of the present invention.

All specific examples given herein, or at least some of them, as well as related expressions (“for example,” “such as,” “in particular,” or the like) are intended to enhance the understanding of the subject matter. of the present invention and to ensure the completeness of the disclosure of the present invention, however, these expressions do not impose any restrictions on the embodiments of the present invention for which they are used to describe herein, in particular they do not limit practical embodiments of functional components, modules, blocks, devices, means and/or the like used to disclose the design and operation of the present invention.

System for performing data metasearch

In fig. 1 illustrates one exemplary embodiment of a data metasearch system 1000 of the present invention, which includes a data metasearch user computing device 100 of the present invention configured to communicate over a communications network 300 with a first information resource 400 and/or a second information resource 500 capable of exchanging data, and a server 200 for performing data metasearch according to the present invention, connected to the communication network 300 with the computing device 100.

The user computing device 100 must be preprogrammed or configured to identify data streams from the server 200 based on one or more unique server identifiers contained in those data streams and previously known to the computing device 100. In turn, the server 200 must also be preprogrammed or configured to identify data streams from the user computing device 100 based on one or more unique user computing device identifiers contained in those data streams and previously known to the server 200. It should be noted that the unique user computing device identifiers may be communicated to the server 200 over the communication network 300 when a user installs special software to run on the system 1000 and runs it on the user computing device 100 to register the user into the system 1000 using said installed software. Likewise, unique user computing device identifiers may be communicated to the server 200 when the user installs specific software to run on the system 1000 and the user establishes a communication session over the communication network 300 with the server 200 when the user initially launches said installed software on the user computing device 100. It should also be noted that any data streams transmitted by the user computing device 100 over the communication network 300 are automatically (by default) matched to one or more unique identifiers of the user computing device, and any data streams transmitted by the server 200 over the communication network 300 are automatically (default) are set according to one or more unique server identifiers.

The first information resource 400 and the second information resource 500 shown in FIG. 1 are provided solely by way of example to describe the operation of the system 1000, and it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that the user computing device 100 may be configured to communicate over a communications network 300 with a plurality of similar information resources (e.g., dozens of , hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, etc.), while at least one or each of such information resources can be a search service, search engine, aggregator site, electronic data catalog, database , electronic archive, site of goods/services with a function for searching data on the site, or any other information network resource for searching data, having its own network address, which can be accessed via a communication network to search for data in it in accordance with keywords from search query.

The communications network 300 shown in FIG. 1 may be an Internet network, a cellular network, an Ethernet network, an LTE network, a Wi-Fi network, a 3G network, a 4G network, a 5G network, or any other suitable wireless communication network known in the art.

It should be noted that the server 200 is shown in FIG. 1 is for illustrative purposes only, that is, it should not be considered that a possible implementation of a data metaretrieval system 1000 is limited to just one server 200. It should be apparent to one skilled in the art that the data metaretrieval system 1000 may comprise two or more servers. , each similar to the server 200 and each configured to exchange data over a communication network 300 with the user computing device 100 and with each other when performing data metasearch, wherein the functional operations (functionality) described herein with respect to the server 200 can be distributed in any suitable manner between the specified two or more servers.

It should also be noted that user computing device 100 is shown in FIG. 1 is by way of example only, that is, it should not be considered that the possible implementation of the data metaretrieval system 1000 is limited to just one user computing device 100. It should be apparent to one skilled in the art that the data metaretrieval system 1000 may comprise two and more user computing devices (e.g., five, ten, fifty, one hundred, five hundred, thousand, five thousand, ten thousand, fifty thousand, one hundred thousand, etc.), each similar to the user computing device 100 and each configured to communicate over communication network 300 with server 200 when performing a data metasearch, wherein the functional operations (functionality) described herein in relation to the user computing device 100 will essentially be inherent in their entirety to any of the two or more user computing devices.

User computing device for performing data metasearch

As shown in FIG. 1, the user computing device 100 for performing data metaretrieval includes a communication module 10, a display module 20, a user interaction module 30, a computing module 40, and a local data storage 60, which are configured to communicate with each other via a communication bus 50, to to which they are all connected, the communication module 10, the display module 20, the user interaction module 30, the computing module 40, the local data storage 60 and the communication bus 50 being housed in a single housing.

The user computing device 100 shown in FIG. 1, is a software and hardware complex that can preferably be implemented, for example, in the form of a regular smartphone with the Android operating system (any versions and modifications), iPhone OS (any versions and modifications), Hongmeng (any versions and modifications), “HarmonyOS” (any versions and modifications) or “Aurora OS” (any versions and modifications), the structure and functionality of which are well known to specialists in the field of technology.

In addition, the user computing device 100 may be implemented as a general purpose computer having the structure described below or a similar structure well known to those skilled in the art.

In particular, a general purpose computer, such as the user computing device 100 described herein may be implemented, typically includes a central processing unit, system memory, and a system bus, which in turn contains various system components, including memory associated with central processor. The system bus in such a general purpose computer includes a memory bus and a memory bus controller, a peripheral bus, and a local bus configured to interface with any other bus architecture. System memory contains read only memory (ROM) and random access memory (RAM). The basic input/output system (BIOS) contains the basic procedures that transfer information between elements of such a general-purpose computer, for example, when the operating system boots using ROM. In addition, a general purpose computer contains a hard drive for reading and writing data, a magnetic disk drive for reading and writing removable magnetic disks, and an optical drive for reading and writing removable optical disks such as CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, and other optical disks. storage media, however, other types of computer media capable of storing data in machine-readable form, such as solid-state drives, flash cards, digital disks, etc., and connected to the system bus through a controller, can be used. In a general purpose computer, a hard disk drive, a magnetic disk drive, and an optical drive are respectively connected to the system bus through a hard disk drive interface, a magnetic disk drive interface, and an optical drive interface. Drives and related computer storage media are nonvolatile means of storing computer instructions, data structures, program modules, and other general-purpose computer data. A general purpose computer has a file system that stores the recorded operating system, as well as additional software applications, other program modules, and program data. The user is able to enter commands and information into a general purpose computer using known input devices, such as a keyboard, mouse, microphone, joystick, game console, scanner, and the like, which input devices typically gain access to the computer general purpose via a serial port, which in turn is connected to the system bus, but they can be connected in other ways, such as using a parallel port, a game port, or a universal serial bus (USB). The monitor or other type of display device is also connected to the system bus through an interface such as a video adapter. In addition to a monitor, a personal computer may be equipped with other peripheral output devices, such as speakers, a printer, etc. A general-purpose computer is capable of operating in a networked environment, and a network connection can be used to connect to one or more remote computers. Network connections can form a local area network (LAN) and a wide area network (WAN). Such networks are usually used in corporate computer networks and internal networks of companies, and they have access to the Internet. In LAN networks or WAN networks, a general-purpose computer is connected to the local network through a network adapter or network interface. When using networks, a general purpose computer may use a modem, network card, adapter, or other means of communicating with a wide area network, such as the Internet, and these means of communication are connected to the system bus through a serial port. It should be noted that the ROM of a general purpose computer, or at least any one of the above-described computer readable media that may be used in a general purpose computer, may store computer readable instructions that can be accessed by the central processing unit of the general purpose computer, wherein execution of these machine-readable instructions on a general purpose computer may cause its central processing unit to execute various procedures or operations described later in this document.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the user computing device 100 may be, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, cellular phone, tablet, laptop, netbook, e-reader, all-in-one PC, desktop computer, smart glasses (smart glasses), smart watch (smart watch). watch), smart TV (smart TV), smart speaker (smart speaker), server or similar known electronic computing device, configured to establish wireless communication with the server 200 to transmit to it at least one user search request, based on in which the server 200 performs its functional operations associated with the implementation of the data metasearch process and described below in this document, and provides to the specified computing device response data used in the operation of the computing device 100 to carry out its functional operations associated with the implementation of the data metasearch process and described below in this document. Thus, the implementation of the user computing device 100 in the present invention is not limited to any particular electronic computing device known in the prior art, and any known electronic computing device can be used as the user computing device 100 in the present invention , suitable for solving the problems described herein in relation to the computing device 100.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the user computing device 100 for performing data metasearch may be implemented as a collection of hardware, software, and/or firmware suitable for solving the tasks described herein with respect to the computing device 100.

Local data storage

Local data storage 60 shown in FIG. 1 of the user computing device 100 is designed to store executable instructions that can control the operation of at least the communication module 10, the display module 20, the user interaction module 30 and the computing module 40, and is also designed to store various system data used by when the user computing device 100 operates as part of the system 1000 and when the user computing device 100 implements its functionality described herein and at least one of the following operating data: (i) user request data, (ii) network address data information resources received from the server 200, (iii) data about search queries directed to information resources, (iv) data about search results received from information resources, (v) data about ranked search results, (vi) authorization data for authorization user on information resources, (vii) data about authorization keys received from information resources in response to authorization requests, (viii) data about the intermediate results of the implementation by the user computing device 100 of the functional operation described herein in relation to the user computing device 100, and /or any other long-term or temporary storage data necessary to ensure the proper functioning of the user computing device 100 as part of the system 1000.

It should be noted that any data stored in local data storage 60 is associated with at least a unique data source identifier or a data sink unique identifier and a unique user computing device identifier, which data sink or data source may be , for example, server 200 or any of the first and second information resources 400, 500.

Local data store 60 may also at least temporarily store at least one of the following interface data: (i) interface data for displaying keywords of a user's search query, (ii) interface data for displaying ranked search results, (iii) interface data for displaying instructions or prompts to the user for input, (iv) interface data for displaying instructions or prompts regarding the available means for the user to indicate or transmit a user search query or user authorization data, and (v) other interface data necessary to perform metasearch of data with using the computing device 100.

In addition, local data storage 60 may store auxiliary data, such as, for example, algorithm data for recognizing or identifying input data streams, algorithm data for establishing a secure state within the communications network 300, algorithm data for initiating hidden web browser processes on the user's computing device 100 to carry out user authorization via communication network 300, etc.

In some embodiments of the present invention, local data storage 60 on the user computing device 100 may contain one or more databases, each configured to store at least one discrete group or set of data from the above groups or sets of data used in the operation of the user's computer. computing device 100 as part of the system 1000 and when the user computing device 100 implements its functionality described in this document.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the user computing device 100 may use at least one discrete remote data store (not shown) to store at least some or all of the above-described groups of data used in the operation of the user computing device 100 in system 1000 (e.g., interface data), wherein said discrete remote data storage can be accessed by display module 20, user interaction module 30, and/or computing module 40 using a communications module 10 connected in user computing device 100 to communication bus 50 and configured to connect to separate remote data storage facilities in a wired and/or wireless manner.

In some other embodiments of the present invention, user computing device 100 may contain one or more local data stores (not shown) and may have or access one or more remote data stores (not shown), wherein each of such data stores may be is designed to store at least one group of data from the above-described groups of data used when the user computing device 100 operates as part of the system 1000 and when the user computing device 100 implements its functionality described herein. In such embodiments of the present invention, the local data stores may each be connected to the communication module 10, the display module 20, the user interaction module 30, and/or the computing module 40 using a communication bus 50, and the remote data stores may be each wired. and/or wirelessly with the display module 20, the user interaction module 30, and/or the computing module 40 using a communication module 10 connected in the user computing device 100 to the communication bus 50. Thus, for example, it is possible to implement the present invention in which the user computing device 100 includes a single local data store 60 storing, for example, solely user search queries, and multiple remote data stores storing other groups of data used in the operation of the user computing device 100 as part of the system 1000 and when the user computing device 100 implements its functionality as described herein.

In one embodiment of the present invention, at least one of the above groups of data used when the user computing device 100 operates as part of the system 1000 and when the user computing device 100 implements its functionality described herein, can be stored in a corresponding separate local a data store (not shown) other than the local data store 60 and connected, via a communication bus 50, to a communication module 10, a display module 20, a user interaction module 30, and/or a computing module 40, which in turn may optionally be each is made with the ability to connect, via the communication bus 50, to any of such separate local data storages with the ability to extract the necessary data from them and/or the ability to write the necessary data to them.

Local data storage 60 may be implemented, for example, in the form of one or more physical computer-readable media for long-term storage of data known in the art. In some embodiments of the present invention, local data storage 60 may be implemented using a single physical device (e.g., an SSD drive, flash memory, etc.), and in other embodiments, local data storage 60 may be implemented using two or more storage devices known in the art.

Communication module

The communication module 10 shown in FIG. 1, as part of the user computing device 100, has a wireless connection via a communication network 300 with the server 200 with the ability to exchange data with it when a communication channel is established between them.

It should be noted that the communication module 10 of the user computing device 100 is connected, via a communication bus 50, to communicate with the below-described computing module 40, the below-described display module 20 and the below-described module 30 for interaction with the user, wherein the computing module 40 can essentially control the operation of the communication module 10.

The communication module 10 may be used to transmit to the server 200 or issue to the server 200 data packets or data streams of a computing device having a predetermined description format known to the server 200, or to receive from the server 200 data packets or server data streams having a predetermined description format. known to the computing device 100. In addition, the communication module 10 can be used to send various requests (including system requests) and/or commands of the computing device 100 to the server 200, as well as to receive various requests, commands, system responses from the server 200 /confirmations and/or requested data.

In addition, the communication module 10 can be used to establish communication over the communication network 300 with information resources 400, 500, each of which has a predefined network address in the communication network 300, allowing each of these information resources 400, 500 to be issued packets data or data streams of a computing device having a given description format, automatically identified by the specified information resource, and the ability to receive from each of the specified information resources 400, 500 data packets or server data streams having a given description format, known to the computing device 100.

In particular, in the present invention, the communication module 10 essentially allows the computing device 100 to perform at least the following functional operations: (i) obtain from the server 200 network addresses of information resources contained in the data stream directed from the server 200 to the computing device 100 using communication networks 300; and (ii) forward the user's search request to the server 200. In one embodiment of the present invention, communication module 10 may also allow computing device 100 to additionally receive ranked search results from server 200. In another embodiment of the present invention, the communication module 10 may also allow the computing device 100 to further forward authorization keys for information resources to the server 200. In another embodiment of the present invention, communication module 10 may also allow computing device 100 to additionally receive server authorization requests from server 200.

In the present invention, the communication module 10 also allows the computing device 100 to perform at least the following functional operations: (i) send search requests to the information resources 400, 500 using their network addresses (ie, addresses in the communication network 300); and (ii) accept search results from information resources to which search queries were directed. In some other embodiment of the present invention, the communication module 10 may also allow the computing device 100 to further issue user authorization requests to the information resources 400, 500. In some other embodiment of the present invention, the communication module 10 may also allow the computing device 100 to further receive corresponding authorization keys from the information resources 400, 500. In other embodiments of the present invention, the communication module 10 may also allow the computing device 100 to send search requests to the information resources 400, 500 and receive search results from the information resources 400, 500 through a hidden web browser process created by the computing device 100, which essentially allows anonymously receive search results from information resources 400, 500. In other embodiments of the present invention, communication module 10 may also allow computing device 100 to send authorization requests to information resources 400, 500 and receive authorization keys from information resources 400, 500 through a hidden web process. browser created by the computing device 100, which does not essentially interfere with the user's further work with the user computing device 100.

It should be noted that in order to establish a connection between the communication module 10 and the server via the communication network 300 and/or to establish a connection between the communication module 10 and the information resources 400, 500 via the communication network 300, the communication module 10 can be implemented as a network adapter in the form of Wi-Fi adapter, 3C/4C/5C adapter, LTE adapter, or other wireless communication adapter depending on the type of wireless communication line used to provide communication between the user computing device 100 and the server 200, that is, depending on the type of communication network 300.

The communication module 10 in the user computing device 100 may also be a known communication device such as a transmitter, receiver, transceiver, modem, and/or network interface card for exchanging data with any type of external devices via a wired or wireless communication network, e.g. Ethernet network connection, digital subscriber line (DSL), telephone line, coaxial cable, cellular telephone system, etc.

In the above-described embodiments of the present invention, in which all groups of data used when the user computing device 100 operates as part of the system 1000 and when the user computing device 100 implements its functionality described herein, in particular when operating each of the functional modules included into the user computing device 100, or at least a portion thereof, are stored in at least one separate remote data store, the communication module 10 may be configured to connect to said at least one remote data store to obtain from it the necessary data used when the user computing device 100 operates as part of the system 1000 and when the user computing device 100 implements its functionality described herein, such as the interface data described above.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the communication module 10 in the user computing device 100 may be further configured to communicate with at least one remote data source storing at least some of the data groups used in the operation of the user computing device 100 in the system 1000 and when the user computing device 100 implements its functionality described herein, in particular when each of the functional modules included in the user computing device 100 operates or is capable of connecting to such a data source and being able to receive data from it , necessary to implement the purpose of the user computing device 100 to perform metasearch for data or implement the functional purpose of the corresponding one of the specified functional modules of the user computing device 100. Such a remote data source can be used, for example, a remote computing device, a cloud data storage, a server, host, domain, database, program, website, etc.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the communication module 10 may contain two or more different adapters, each of which may be configured to establish a connection with a data source to enable mutual exchange of data and may be selected from a group of adapters consisting of: Wi-Fi adapter, 3G/4G/5G adapter, LTE adapter, Bluetooth adapter, IR adapter (irDA adapter), etc., which allows the communication module to provide real-time or real-time data to different sources and/ or accept data from different data sources.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the communication module 10 may be connected wirelessly or wiredly to communicate with at least one of the following external functional devices, each configured to interact with a user to receive a user search request from the user: glasses (smart glasses), smart watch (smart watch), smart TV (smart TV), smart speaker (smart speaker), video camera (for example, IP camera) or any other similar smart device known in the art. It should be noted that in such embodiments of the present invention, a coaxial cable, a fiber optic cable, or any other suitable physical connection known in the art may be used to implement a wired connection between the communication module 10 and one or more external functional devices for user interaction (not shown). level of technology. In one variation of this embodiment of the present invention, one or more external functional user interface devices (not shown) connected to the communication module 10 by wired or wireless means may be or may be included in the system 1000.

Display module

The display module 20 shown in FIG. 1 as part of the user computing device 100, is connected via a communication bus 50 to the below-described computing module 40 with the ability to exchange data with it and to the communication module 10 with the ability to exchange data with it, wherein the computing module 40 is essentially configured to control the operation of the display module 20 using a GPU or video card (not shown).

The display module 20 may be implemented, for example, as a display known in the art, such as an OLED display, an IPS display, a TFT display, an LCD display, an AMOLED display, a P-OLED display, a QLED display, display or the like. In one embodiment of the present invention, the display module 20 may support touch screen technology or MultiTouch technology, that is, it may be a touch display module or a touch display.

In the present invention, the display module 20 may receive, via the communication bus 50, a user search query from the user interaction module 30 and at least some of the above-described interface data, allowing the user to display said user search query in real time, so that the user can see, in a predetermined area on the display module 20, the keywords of the user search query received by the user computing device 100 from the user. In one embodiment of the present invention, the display module 20 may receive, via the communication bus 50, from the communication module 10 the ranked search results provided by the server 200 to the user computing device 100, allowing them to be displayed.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the display module 20 may not be included in the user computing device 100.

It should be noted that displaying the user search query on the display module 20 allows the user to understand whether the keywords of the user search query received by the user computing device 100 from the user correspond to what the user wanted to find and, therefore, whether the user search query needs to be adjusted or changed. to meet the user's needs in finding the necessary information.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the computing module 40 may be capable of providing the display module 20 with data from a local data store 60 (depending on the implementation, as described above herein, from a separate local data store using a communication bus 50 and/or or remote data storage using a communication module 10 connected to a communication bus 50), in particular interface data that may be automatically requested by the computing module 40 when the computing device 100 is turned on or operated by the user so that it is at least partially output to display module 20 (i.e., at least partially displayed on display module 20) via communication bus 50 or which may be requested by computing module 40 depending on user selection made through standard input/output means of computing device 100.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the display module 20 may not display the keywords of the user's search query (i.e., the user's search query itself), but may only display the ranked search results provided by the server 200 to the user computing device 100. In another embodiment of the present invention, the display module 20 may display only the keywords of the user's search query (i.e., essentially the user's search query itself), but not display the ranked search results provided by the server 200 to the user computing device 100.

It should be noted that the display of search results received by the user computing device 100 in a ranked form over the communication network 300 from the server 200 on the display module 20 under the control of the computing module 40 provides the best match (highest degree of relevance) of the specified search results to the user's search query (i.e. e. the user's needs for obtaining specific information) and significantly simplifies the process of the user searching for target information among the specified ranked search results.

User interaction module

The user interaction module 30 shown in FIG. 1, as part of the user computing device 100, is connected, via a communication bus 50, to the below-described computing module 40 and to the above-described display module 20 with the ability to exchange data with them.

The user interaction module 30 may be implemented, for example, as any suitable input device, such as a keyboard, mouse, microphone, camera, joystick, game console, or any other suitable input device known in the art that allows the user to enter or transmit his user search query to the user computing device 100, wherein such suitable input device may be included in the user computing device 100 or may be connected to the user computing device 100 using the communication module 10.

The user interaction module 30 is configured to allow a user to enter or transmit a custom search query containing one or more search keywords and corresponding to the user's need to find or collect targeted information.

It should be noted that a user search query may contain keywords for performing a metasearch, aimed, for example, at finding the desired product, flight, hotel, rental car, restaurant, car service, cinema, theater or any other product/service that is of interest to the user. In addition, a user search query may contain keywords for performing a metasearch aimed at identifying the price of a specific product or specific service, identifying the point (place) of sale on the market of a specific product or specific service, or identifying any parameter of interest to the user or any characteristic of interest to the user, inherent in a specific product or service. It should also be noted that the keywords in the user search query entered or transmitted by the user using the user computing device 100 may be composed using any of the world's known languages, for example, English, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, Japanese language, Spanish language, German language, Italian language or the like.

In an embodiment of the present invention in which the user interaction module 30 is a keyboard, the user may enter, via the keyboard keys, a custom search query, which may further be displayed on the display module 20 as a static or dynamic image, or which may be issued to the user, through the speaker of the computing device 100, in the form of an audio signal.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the user computing device 100 may not include a user interaction module 30, and the display module 20 may be configured as a touch display module or touch display such that the user can enter via on-screen buttons or on-screen keys. keyboard, pressed by the user's fingers, a user search query, which may optionally be displayed on the display module 20 in the form of a static or dynamic image, or which may additionally be provided to the user, through the speaker of the computing device 100, in the form of an audio signal. Thus, in this embodiment of the present invention, the display module 20 can perform all the functionality of the user interaction module 30, so that if the display module 20 is configured as a touch display module or a touch display, it acquires the functions of a user interaction module. In one variation of this embodiment of the present invention, the user computing device 100 may include only a user interaction module configured as a touch display module or a touch display and simultaneously having the functionality of the user interaction module 30 described herein. and the functionality of the display module 20 described herein.

In another embodiment of the present invention, in which the user interaction module 30 is a mouse, the user can enter, through on-screen keyboard keys pressed with the mouse, a user search query, which can further be displayed on the display module 20 or which may additionally be provided to the user, through the speaker of the computing device 100, in the form of an audio signal.

In yet another embodiment of the present invention, in which the user interaction module 30 is a camera built into the body of the user computing device 100 or connected to the user computing device 100 via a communication module 10, the user may enter or transmit a user search query, which may be further displayed on the display module 20 or which may be further provided to the user, through the speaker of the computing device 100, as an audible signal, by using predefined gestures to specify key search words to be displayed by the user (for example, using the fingers or hands) and which should fall within the field of view of the specified camera. In such an embodiment of the present invention, the camera must capture images in a continuous mode or in real time, and the image captured by the camera containing the user's body or part thereof (i.e., the user's fingers or the user's hands) must be directed or transmitted by the specified camera to computing module 40 for its subsequent processing, in particular to determine whether said captured image contains a gesture corresponding to one of the predefined gestures known to the computing module 40 and each assigned, for example, to one of the given letters of the alphabet of the language in which the user wants to form his custom search query, or according to one or more words with which the user wants to form his custom search query. Alternatively, in this embodiment of the present invention, instead of a predetermined set of gestures, the user may similarly use any conventional user signals displayed by the user in the camera's field of view, for example, predefined movements/positions of the user's body or parts thereof, predefined movements/positions of the user's lips , preset eye movements/blinks, etc.

In another embodiment of the present invention, in which the user interaction module 30 may be implemented as a microphone built into the body of the user computing device 100 or connected to the user computing device 100 via the communication module 10, the user may enter or transmit a user search query, which may be further displayed on the display module 20 or which may be further provided to the user, through the speaker of the computing device 100, as an audible signal by vocally speaking one or more key search keywords forming the user's search query, wherein said user-spoken search terms keywords must be captured by said microphone in real time or real time, and the audio signal captured by the microphone must be directed or transmitted by said microphone to the computing module 40 in the form of a stream of digital data for its subsequent processing, in particular for the extraction by the computing module 40 of the specified search terms keywords from said digital data stream using one of the technologies known to one skilled in the art.

It should be noted that the user interaction module 30 may be used by the user not only for the user to enter or transmit his user search queries, but to control the data metasearch process, for example, to correct errors that may occur during the operation of at least one of functional modules included in the user computing device 100, when implementing the specified data metasearch process using the user computing device 100.

In one embodiment of the present invention, user computing device 100 may also include a separate parsing module (not shown) for analyzing input data (may also be referred to as a pre-processing module, filter module, identification module, scanning module, recognition module, or the like). etc.) connected to the communication module 10 via the communication bus 50 with the ability to receive from the communication module 10 a packet/data stream containing a user search query in a given language (i.e., at least one keyword search word in a language known to the user). In particular, it should be noted that a packet/stream of data received by the communication module 10 from one of the external user interaction functional devices connected wired or wirelessly to the communication module 10 and related to a specific user search query entered or transmitted by the user with using the specified external functional device to interact with the user, contains not only digital data of a set of search keywords in a language known to the user, forming the specified user search query, and a unique identifier of the user search query, but also identification data of the data stream itself, describing the transmitted data stream, for example, the date and time of sending, the identity of the sender in the form of, for example, a unique identifier of an external functional device, the identification of the recipient in the form of, for example, a unique identifier of a user computing device, and/or other necessary attributes of such transmitted data stream that make it possible to identify the specified stream data on the side of the user computing device 100. In addition, the above-described parsing module of the user computing device 100 must be pre-programmed or configured to process various data streams received by the communication module 10 to identify the data stream from any of the external functional devices for interaction with the user ( not shown) that may be connected to the user computing device 100 via the communication module 10 and which may be used by the user to enter or transmit his user search query (specifically, by matching the thread identification with one of the unique identifiers of the external functional devices, known to the analysis module and stored, for example, in local data storage 60, to which such analysis module can be connected via a communication bus 50), to retrieve from it the data necessary for the user computing device 100 to implement its functionality described herein, when performing metasearch for data. In addition, such parsing module of the user computing device 100 may be further configured to extract one or more search keywords forming the user's search query and identification data describing the user's search query from the data packet/stream received by the user computing device 100 , from one of the external functional devices for interaction with the user (not shown), while the specified analyzing module must at least know the recording format of the processed data streams, which is usually a string of characters with standard keywords to indicate the type of information. In particular, the parsing module of the user computing device 100 should know that the standard keyword in the received string of characters indicating the beginning of the text of the user's search query is, for example, the word "text". It should also be noted that in order for the data stream received by the user computing device 100 to be processed from one of the external functional devices for user interaction, the parsing module of the user computing device 100 can extract from it (in addition to the extracted text of the user search query ) all necessary identification data describing the extracted user search request, such as date and time of sending, sender identification data, recipient identification data and/or other identifiers, the specified parsing module must also know other standard keywords typically used in the resulting character strings for indications of the presence of certain identifying information following this keyword in these character strings. It should also be noted that the analysis module of the user computing device 100 must be pre-programmed or configured in such a way that it knows the unified data description format with which the user computing device 100 operates, and such a unified format can be a text data description format .

In one variation of this embodiment of the present invention, the data stream received by the user computing device 100 from one of the external functional devices to interact with the user through the communication module 10 may be an audio stream, and the external functional device may be a smart speaker ( smart audio speaker), microphone, smart TV (smart TV) or similar device known in the art and configured to record or record a user's voice command or voice message. In such a variation of this embodiment of the present invention, the analyzing module of the user computing device 100 may be further configured to convert voice/sound into text (for example, using known temporal dynamic algorithms, known methods of context-sensitive classification based on the extraction of individual lexical words from the speech stream elements, such as phonemes and allophones, with their subsequent combination into syllables and morphemes, known methods of discriminant analysis based on Bayesian discrimination, methods based on hidden Markov models, methods based on neural networks, etc.) ensuring the possibility of identifying in the specified text of one or more key search words forming a user search query.

In another variation of this embodiment of the present invention, the data stream received by the user computing device 100 from one of the external functional devices to interact with the user through the communication module 10 may be a video stream, and the external functional device may be a video camera, an IP camera , a smart television with a built-in video camera, or similar device known in the art and configured to capture a live or real-time image of a user. In such a variation of this embodiment of the present invention, the analyzing module of the user computing device 100 can be additionally configured to convert the video/video stream into text (for example, using the software product "Virtual Audio Cable", which is one of the known transcription tools), the ability to recognize in video/text video stream (for example, using the ABBY Real-time Recognition SDK software product), the ability to recognize objects in a video/video stream and ensure their conversion to text (for example, using the Cloud Video Intelligence IP cloud service) and/ or the ability to recognize actions in a video/video stream and ensure their conversion into text (for example, using the same Cloud Video Intelligence IP cloud service) with the ability to identify one or more key search words in the specified text that form a user search query.

In yet another variation of this embodiment of the present invention, the user computing device 100 may include two or more parsing modules, each of which may be configured to implement at least one of the functionality described above, namely, the ability to convert audio data to text data, the ability to convert video data into text data and the ability to process the text data to extract from it one or more key search words that form a user search query. In another variation of this embodiment of the present invention, the analysis module of the user computing device 100 may be divided into several separate analysis or conversion modules, each of which may be configured to implement at least one of the above-described functionality of the analysis module of the user computing device 100.

In yet another embodiment of the present invention, the analysis module functionality of the user computing device 100 disclosed in the above-described additional embodiments of the present invention may be implemented (alternatively) by the below-described computing module 40 connected to the communication module 10 via a communication bus 50.

Thus, the user interaction module 30 included in the user computing device 100 is configured to allow user interaction for the user to enter or transmit a user search query containing one or more keyword search words describing the user's search goal or object.

Computing module

Computing module 40 shown in FIG. 1, as part of the user computing device 100, is connected, via a communication bus 50, to a communication module 10, a display module 20, a user interaction module 30, and a local data storage 60 for communication with them.

The computing module 40 may be implemented, for example, as a single separate processor, such as a general purpose processor, a special purpose processor, and/or the like, which processor may have either a single processing core or multiple processing cores operating together. . Alternatively, computing module 40 may be implemented as one or more interoperable processors.

The computing module 40 is configured to control the operation of the display module 20 through a graphics processor or video card to enable the display of data described hereinabove with respect to the display module 20, and is configured to control the operation of the communication module 10.

In addition, the computing module 40 is configured to perform the operations described below necessary to perform a metasearch of data in one or more information sources, in particular in the first and second information sources 400, 500.

In addition, the computing module 40 provides the ability to record or store in local data storage 60 (depending on the implementation, as described above in this document in a separate local data storage using the communication bus 50 and/or a server 200 using the communication module 10, connected to the communication bus 50), which the computing module 40 can access via the communication bus 50, at least one of the following data: user search queries received by the module 30 for user interaction, network addresses of information resources received from the server 200, search queries generated by the computing module 30 in accordance with the network addresses of information resources, search results received from information resources 400, 500 in response to search queries, and ranked search results. In some embodiments of the present invention, the compute module 40 further provides the ability to record or store local data storage 60 (depending on the implementation, as described hereinbefore in a separate local data storage using the communication bus 50 and/or a server 200 using communication module 10 connected to the communication bus 50), to which the computing module 40 can access via the communication bus 50, at least one of the following data: authorization data for authorizing the user on information resources, and data about authorization keys received from information resources resources in response to authorization requests, data from authorization requests sent to information resources 400, 500.

The computing module 40, through connection with the user interaction module 30 with the ability to exchange data with it, is configured to receive from it a user search query, which can be issued by the user interaction module 30 to the computing module via communication clay 50.

In addition, the computing module 40, through connection with the display module 20, is further configured to display a user search query received from the user interaction module 30 on the display module 20 as a static image, a dynamic image, or a text message.

In addition, the computing module 40 is configured to initiate or create a secure connection between the user computing device 100 and the server 200 connected to each other via a communications network 300 using any suitable point-to-point protocol (i.e. any suitable PPTP protocol), which essentially allows the user computing device 100 (via the communication module 10) and the server 200 to communicate with each other over the communication network 300 using a secure communication channel. In particular, the computing module 40 allows the user search request received by the computing module 40 from the user interaction module 30 via the communication bus 50 to be transmitted over a secure connection established between the user computing device 100 and the server 200 to the server 200. It should be noted that that the secure connection created by the user computing device 100 within the communication network 300 for the exchange of data between the server 200 and the user computing device 100 may also be referred to in the art as a tunnel connection or a tunnel.

In addition, the computing module 40 is configured to receive from the server 200 one or more network addresses of information resources (for example, the first and second information resources 400, 500) over a secure connection established between the user computing device 100 and the server 200, wherein said network addresses of information resources are essentially issued by the server 200 to the user computing device 100 in the form of control instructions or commands over the specified secure connection in response to the specified user search request received by the server 200 from the user computing device 100 over the specified secure connection, allowing for its subsequent processing . Thus, control instructions or commands containing network addresses of information resources and issued by the server 200 to the user computing device 100 are essentially the result of processing by the server 200 of a user search request, and the specified network addresses of information resources essentially correspond to the specified user search request, in specifically match one or more of the key search words forming the specified user search query.

The computing module 40 is also configured to send at least one search request over the communication network, associated with a unique identifier of the user computing device (for example, the IP address of the user computing resource), to at least one or each of the information resources with using its network address received from server 200 over a secure connection. In particular, computing module 40 may direct a search request to one or each of the first and second information resources 400, 500, wherein each such search request of the user computing device 100 must be associated with a unique identifier of the user computing device (e.g., IP address of the user computing resource). It should be noted that any of the first and second information resources 400, 500, upon receiving a corresponding search request from the user computing device 100, will automatically identify said search request as originating from the user computing device 100 (and not from the server 200), which in fact will be the source of the specified search query for the specified information resource.

Thus, the user computing device 100, in particular the computing module 40, essentially becomes a functional intermediary between the server 200 and the information resources 400, 500, or essentially acquires the functionality of a proxy server for the server 200, which allows the server 200 to anonymously participate, through the user computing device 100, directing search requests to said information resources 400, 500 that identify said search requests as coming from the user computing device 100 (i.e., from an actual user and not from a bot, aggregator, scrapper, or backend server) . This approach, in which search requests are ultimately directed to information resources in accordance with their network addresses from the user computing device 100 in response to control commands of the server 200, and not from the server 200 itself, eliminates the possibility of blocking the source of search requests (i.e. e. user computing device 100) on the side of at least one or each of the information resources 400, 500, since the specified information resource, when receiving and processing each such search request, automatically identifies it as a search request of a real user based on the IP address of the user computing device 100 contained in said search query and does not in any way associate said search query with a bot, aggregator, scraper or backend server that would cause such search query to be blocked and the source of such search query to be blocked.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the computing module 40 may be configured to receive from the server 200 one or more server search requests to be issued to the information resources (eg, the first and second information resources 400, 500) in accordance with their network addresses identified by the server 200 when processing a user search request received from the user computing device 100 over a secure connection established between the user computing device 100 and the server 200. Thus, in this embodiment of the present invention, server search requests are issued by the server 200 to user computing device 100 over a secure connection established between the user computing device 100 and the server 200, in response to a user search request received by the server 200 from the user computing device 100 over the specified secure connection, allowing for its subsequent processing, each of the specified server search queries essentially matches the user's search query. It should be noted that in this embodiment of the present invention, the user computing device 100 essentially duplicates these server search requests by redirecting them to the appropriate information resources (for example, the first and second information resources 400, 500) in accordance with their network addresses contained in the data stream of the server 200 that the server 200 outputs to the user computing device 100 when it issues specified server search requests and that the user computing device 100 identifies as a result of processing the specified server search requests.

The computing module 40 is also configured to receive search results from information resources (for example, from the first and second information resources 400, 500), to which search queries corresponding to the user search query were previously sent by the computing module 40, with the ability to redirect them to server 200 over a secure connection established between the user computing device 100 and the server 200, wherein said search results are transmitted from said information resources to the user computing device 100 over a communications network 300.

Thus, this approach, whereby search requests are ultimately routed to information resources according to their network addresses from the user computing device 100 in response to control commands from the server 200, rather than from the server 200 itself, also produces search results that will be most relevant to the user who originally entered or submitted the user search query, or will most closely match the goals, objectives, or substance of the user search query, as the search results provided by the information resources 400, 500 to the user computing device 100 in response to the search queries queries of the user computing device 100 are often dependent on at least the geographic location of the user and/or the user's search history on a particular information resource, determined by each of such information resources based on the IP address of the user computing device 100 contained in the data stream output user computing device 100 to the specified information resource when sending a corresponding search request to it.

The computing module 40 is also configured to receive ranked search results from the server 200 over the above-described secure connection established by the computing module 40 to implement or facilitate data exchange between the user computing device 100 and the server 200.

In one embodiment of the present invention, computing module 40 in user computing device 100 may be configured to process search results received over communications network 300 from information resources (e.g., first and second information resources 400, 500) by ranking them (in as an alternative to classification or filtering) according to a predetermined computer ranking model, resulting in ranked search results that are most relevant to the user, e.g., most consistent with the user's preferences. In one variation of this embodiment of the present invention, the computing module 40 in the user computing device 100 may be further configured to provide ranked search results to the display module 20 via the communication bus 50, such as being displayed on the display module 20. Thus, In this embodiment of the present invention, the user computing device 100 does not transmit the search results received over the communication network 300 from the information resources (for example, the first and second information resources 400, 500) for which search queries were previously issued to the server 200 for subsequent search queries. ranking on the server side 200, and carries out the above ranking operation independently.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the computing module 40 in the user computing device 100 may be further configured to initiate or create a hidden web browser process (e.g., using "WebView" software) to direct search queries of the user computing device 100 through it to corresponding information resources (e.g., first and second information resources 400, 500) and with the ability to receive search results from information resources to which search queries of the user computing device 100 have been directed through said initiated hidden web browser process, thereby essentially allowing anonymous receive search results from information resources such as information resources 400, 500.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the ranked search results may be provided to the user under the control of the computing module 40 in the form of an audio message generated through a speaker (not shown), which may optionally be built into the user computing device 100.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the ranked search results may be provided to the user under the control of the computing module 40 in the form of a vibration signal generated by a vibrator (not shown), which may optionally be built into the user computing device 100.

In other embodiments of the present invention, ranked search results may be provided to the user under the control of the computing module 40 in the form of a tactile signal generated using a tactile element built into the body of the user computing device 100 or display module 20 and having a tactile distinguishable parameter selected from the group containing : height or extent of the haptic element, thickness of the haptic element, shape of the haptic element, stiffness of the haptic element, temperature of the haptic element, roughness of the haptic element, vibration frequency of the haptic element, degree of displacement of the haptic element, rotation angle of the haptic element and tilt angle of the haptic element.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the above-described functionality of computing module 40 may be implemented by a processor included in user computing device 100.

In some other embodiments of the present invention, compute module 40 may be divided into multiple independent modules, each of which may perform at least one of the functionality described herein with respect to compute module 40, and which may be configured to communicate with each other. with each other and with the remaining functional modules of the computing device 100 using the communication bus 50.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the user interaction module 30 included in the user device 100 may be further configured to allow the user to enter or transmit authorization data (authentication data) for one or more information resources (for example, for the first and second information resources 400, 500), and the computing module 40 included in the user device 100 can be further configured to perform at least the following operations, according to which:

(i) transmitting said authorization data to server 200 over a secure connection established between user computing device 100 and server 200,

(ii) receiving from the server 200 one or more server authorization requests, each of which corresponds to a user search request and corresponds to one of the specified information resources (for example, one of the first and second information resources 400, 500), the authorization data for which was transmitted to server 200, over the specified secure connection, ensuring the issuance of a user authorization request for each of the information resources (for example, for each of the first and second information resources 400, 500) corresponding to the specified server authorization requests, over the communication network 300 and

(iii) receiving authorization keys (i.e., authentication keys or authentication keys that are unique identifiers for authenticating a user to specific information resources) from specified information resources (for example, from the first and second information resources 400, 500) to which the user authorization requests are issued over the communication network 300, ensuring that they are issued to the server 200 over the specified secure connection, while in this embodiment of the present invention

the addresses of information resources in the communication network 300 (for example, network addresses for the first and second information resources 400, 500) received from the server 200 additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and

each search request sent by the user computing device 100 over the communication network 300 to an information resource (e.g., the first information resource 400 or the second information resource 500) in accordance with one of the specified information resource addresses (e.g., one of the network addresses for the first and second information resources 400, 500), additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource.

It should be noted that the authorization data entered or transmitted by the user through the module 30 for user interaction may contain, for example, a user name (login) and password for authorization on a specific information resource (for example, an online store website, an airline website, a hotel website , restaurant website, car service website, etc.), which subsequently, namely when generating, through the specified information resource, search results in response to a specific user search request received from the user computing device 100 via the communication network 300 and corresponding to a specific user who entered or transmitted said user search query through user computing device 100, allows for at least some or all of the user's preferences, user order history, user bonuses, user memories, or other data unique to said user and stored on a storage device accessed by said information resource upon receipt of a search request, such that said search results output by said information resource to user computing device 100 over communications network 300 will be more personalized or more relevant to said specific user.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the user interaction module 30 included in the user device 100 may be further configured to allow the user to enter or transmit authorization data (authentication data) for one or more information resources (for example, for the first and second information resources 400, 500), and the computing module 40 included in the user device 100 can be further configured to perform at least the following operations, according to which:

(i) authorize the user on each of the specified information resources (for example, each of the first and second information resources 400, 500) over the communication network 300 using the specified authorization data contained in each of the corresponding authorization requests sent by the user computing device 100 over the communication network 300 to each of the information resources (for example, to each of the first and second information resources 400, 500) corresponding to the authorization data, and

(ii) receiving authorization keys from the specified information resources (for example, from the first and second information resources 400, 500) over the communication network 300, ensuring their issuance to the server 200 over a secure connection created between the user computing device 100 and the server 200, while in such an embodiment of the present invention

the addresses of information resources in the communication network 300 (for example, network addresses for the first and second information resources 400, 500) received from the server 200 additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and

each search request sent by the user computing device 100 over the communication network 300 to an information resource (e.g., the first information resource 400 or the second information resource 500) in accordance with one of the specified information resource addresses (e.g., one of the network addresses for the first and second information resources 400, 500), additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource.

In one variation of such another embodiment of the present invention, the computing module 40 included in the user computing device 100 may be further configured to initiate a hidden web browser process to carry out the above-described user authorization process.

In another variation of such another embodiment of the present invention, the computing module 40 included in the user computing device 100 may be further configured to direct each of the above-described search queries to a corresponding information resource (for example, one of the first and second information resources 400, 500 ) over the communication network 300 through said initiated hidden web browser process and may be configured to receive search results from information resources (e.g., first and second information resources 400, 500) to which search requests have been directed from user computing device 100 , through a specified initiated hidden web browser process.

Server for metasearching data

The data metasearch server 200 shown in FIG. 1 is essentially a backend server, which is configured to manage the network addresses of information resources previously stored on the storage device of the server 200.

The server 200 can be implemented, for example, in the form of a single computer server, for example, a Dell™ PowerEdge™ server, using, for example, the Linux Ubuntu Server operating system (any versions and modifications), Microsoft Windows Server (any versions and modifications) or “OS X Server” (any versions and modifications).

In some embodiments of the present invention, the server 200 may have or may access at least one remote or external database (not shown) over a communications network 300 or other (wired or wireless) method to retrieve from it data necessary to implement the functionality. operations (functionality) described herein in relation to the server 200.

The server 200 is configured to receive a user search request transmitted by the user computing device 100 over a secure connection created by the user computing device 100 to exchange data between the user computing device 100 and the server 200 over a communications network 300.

In addition, the server 200 is configured to process a user search request received from the user computing device 100, allowing it to analyze one or more keywords forming the user search request to identify network addresses of information resources corresponding to the specified user search request. Thus, as a result of processing a user search request received from the user computing device 100, the server 200 may, for example, determine that the specified user search request corresponds to the network addresses at which the first and second information resources 400, 500 are located.

In addition, the server 200 is configured to generate control instructions or commands containing one or more network addresses of information resources corresponding to the user search request and identified by the server 200 as a result of processing the user search request, and with the ability to issue these generated control commands to the user computing device 100 over a secure connection established between the user computing device 100 and the server 200.

Thus, the network addresses of the information resources contained in the control commands of the server 200 sent by the server 200 to the user computing device 100 are essentially the result of the server 200 processing a user search request, and the specified network addresses of the information resources essentially correspond to the specified user search request, specifically match one or more of the key search words forming said user search query.

Alternatively, the server 200 may be preprogrammed or configured to issue a predetermined set of information resource network addresses, such as one or more information resource network addresses, to the user computing device 100 over a secure connection established between the user computing device 100 and the server 200, in response to user search request (i.e., upon receipt of the user search request by the server 200).

As yet another alternative, the server 200 may be configured to generate one or more server search requests to be issued to information resources (eg, the first and second information resources 400, 500) in accordance with their network addresses identified by the server 200 when processing a user search request received from the user computing device 100 over a secure connection established between the user computing device 100 and the server 200, and with the ability to issue said generated server search requests to the user computing device 100 over the specified secure connection for their subsequent processing in user computing device 100, wherein each of said server search queries substantially corresponds to a user search query.

The server 200 is also configured to receive search results provided by the information resources from the user computing device 100 over a secure connection established between the user computing device 100 and the server 200.

In addition, the server 200 is configured to process search results received from the user computing device 100 over a secure connection established between the user computing device 100 and the server 200 by ranking them (alternatively classifying, normalizing, or filtering) according to a given computer ranking model, which allows you to obtain ranked search results that are most relevant to the user, for example, most consistent with user preferences.

In addition, the server 200 is configured to provide ranked search results to the user computing device 100 over a secure connection established between the user computing device 100 and the server 200, such as being displayed on a display module 20 on the user computing device 100.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, in which the user computing device 100 is configured to allow the user to enter or transmit authorization data for one or more information resources (for example, for the first and second information resources 400, 500), the server 200 may be further configured with the possibility of performing at least the following operations or steps, according to which:

(i) receiving authorization data transmitted by the user computing device 100 over a secure connection established by the user computing device 100 to communicate between the user computing device 100 and the server 200 over a communications network 300, from the user computing device 100,

(ii) processing said received authorization data to generate or create one or more server authorization requests, each of which corresponds to a user search request and corresponds to one of the information resources (for example, one of the first and second information resources 400, 500), the authorization data for which were transferred to server 200,

(iii) transmitting or issuing said server-generated authorization requests to the user computing device 100 over said secure connection; and

(iv) receiving, over the specified secure connection from the user computing device 100, authorization keys for information resources (for example, for the first and second information resources 400, 500), received by the user computing device 100 over the communication network 300 from the specified information resources in response to the user authorization a request for each of the information resources corresponding to the specified server authorization requests, while the specified authorization keys for authorization on the information resources essentially correspond to the specified server authorization requests, and the addresses of information resources in the communication network 300, received by the user computing device 100 from the server 200 in the above-described manner , further correspond to said authorization keys received by the server 200 from the user computing device 100 over the above-described secure connection.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, in which the user computing device 100 is configured to allow the user to enter or transmit authorization data for one or more information resources (for example, for the first and second information resources 400, 500), the server 200 may be further configured to the ability to perform at least the following operations or steps, according to which:

(i) receiving, over a secure connection established between the user computing device 100 and the server 200, from the user computing device 100 authorization keys for information resources (for example, for the first and second information resources 400, 500) received by the user computing device 100 over the network 300 communication from the specified information resources when implementing, through the user computing device 100, the user’s authorization on the specified information resources (that is, in response to a user authorization request for each of the information resources corresponding to the user’s authorization data), while the specified authorization keys for authorization on the information resources essentially correspond to the specified user authorization data, and the addresses of information resources in the communication network 300 received by the user computing device 100 from the server 200 in the above-described manner additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys received by the server 200 from the user computing device 100 over the above-described secure connection.

Methods for performing data metasearch

In fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the basic operations of a method 600 for performing data metasearch according to the present invention.

The data metasearch method 600 shown in FIG. 2 may be implemented using the computing device 100 of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 as part of a system 1000 for performing data metasearch.

In addition, the data metasearch method 600 shown in FIG. 2 may be implemented using any suitable known computing or computer device containing one or more processors and equipped with a display module or display, including the above-described general purpose computer containing a central processing unit and equipped with a display (i.e., connected to the display device).

Thus, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that the computing device used to perform at least a portion of the below-described operations of the data metasearch method 600 of the present invention may be user computing device 100 or any other suitable computing device. device known in the prior art. In addition, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that as a storage device used to store therein the results of at least a portion of the below-described operations of the data metaretrieval method 600 of the present invention and/or used to retrieve data therefrom To perform at least a portion of the below-described operations of the data metasearch method 600 of the present invention, local data storage 60, server storage 200, and/or any other suitable storage device known in the art may be used. It will also be apparent to one skilled in the art that the display module used to display the results of at least a portion of the below-described operations of the data metaretrieval method 600 of the present invention may include any other suitable display module 20. a display known in the art, or any other suitable visualization device known in the art. It will also be apparent to one skilled in the art that the user interaction with the computing device used to perform at least a portion of the below-described operations of the data metasearch method 600 of the present invention may be implemented, for example, using standard input-output facilities. user computing device, using the ability of the display module of the user computing device to detect the piezoelectric effect when implemented in the form of a touch display, or any other suitable method described herein or known in the prior art.

The data metasearch method 600 shown in FIG. 2, includes the following six (6) main operations or steps, according to which:

(610) provide, through the user computing device 100, the ability to interact with the user for the user to enter a user search query,

(620) creating, through the user computing device 100, a secure connection with the server 200, causing said received user search request to be transmitted over said secure connection to said server 200,

(630) receive, by user computing device 100, from server 200 one or more network addresses of information resources (e.g., first and second information resources 400, 500) over said secure connection in response to said user search request,

(640) send, through the user computing device 100, at least one search request over the communication network, matched with the user computing device identifier, to at least one of the specified information resources (for example, the first and second information resources 400, 500 ) using its network address,

(650) receive, through the user computing device 100, search results from information resources (for example, from the first and second information resources 400, 500) to which the search queries were directed, causing them to be redirected to the server 200 over the specified secure connection, and

(660) receive, through user computing device 100, ranked search results from server 200 over the specified secure connection.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the data metasearch method 600 shown in FIG. 2, instead of or in lieu of the above-described steps (650)-(660), alternative operations or steps may be performed whereby: (i) receiving, by the user computing device 100, search results from information resources (for example, from the first and second information resources 400, 500) to which search queries have been directed, and (ii) ranking, by the user computing device 100, said received search results to obtain ranked search results.

In yet another embodiment of the present invention, the data metasearch method 600 shown in FIG. 2 may further include the following basic operations or steps, according to which:

(i) provide, through the user computing device 100, the ability to interact with the user for the user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources (for example, for the first and second information resources 400, 500),

(ii) transmitting, through the user computing device 100, said authorization data to the server 200 over a secure connection established between the server 200 and the user computing device 100,

(iii) receiving, through the user computing device 100, from the server 200 one or more server authorization requests, each of which corresponds to a user search query and corresponds to one of the information resources (for example, one of the first and second information resources 400, 500), data authorizations for which were transferred to the server 200, over the specified secure connection, ensuring the issuance of a user authorization request for each of the information resources (for example, for each of the first and second information resources 400, 500), corresponding to the specified server authorization requests, over the communication network 300 , And

(iv) receiving, through the user computing device 100, authorization keys from information resources (for example, from the first and second information resources 400, 500) for which user authorization requests have been issued, over the communication network 300, ensuring that they are issued to the server 200 by specified secure connection, while

(a) the addresses of information resources in the communication network 300 (for example, network addresses for the first and second information resources 400, 500) received from the server 200 further correspond to the specified authorization keys, and

(b) each search request sent by the user computing device 100 over the communication network 300 to an information resource (for example, to the first information resource 400 or the second information resource 500) in accordance with one of the specified information resource addresses, further contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the data metasearch method 600 shown in FIG. 2 may further include the following basic operations or steps, according to which:

(i) provide, through the user computing device 100, the ability to interact with the user for the user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources (for example, for the first and second information resources 400, 500),

(ii) performing, through the user computing device 100, authorization of the user on each of the specified information resources (for example, on each of the first and second information resources 400, 500) over the communication network 300 using the specified authorization data and

(iii) receiving, through the user computing device 100, authorization keys from the specified information resources (for example, from the first and second information resources 400, 500) over the communication network 300, ensuring their issuance to the server 200 over the specified secure connection, while

the addresses of information resources in the communication network 300 (for example, network addresses for the first and second information resources 400, 500) received from the server 200 additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and

each search request sent by the user computing device 100 over the communications network 300 to an information resource (e.g., the first information resource 400 or the second information resource 500) in accordance with one of the specified information resource addresses (e.g., one of the network addresses for the first and second information resources 400, 500), additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource.

In one variation of this other embodiment of the present invention, the method 600 of performing metasearch for user authorization data initiates or creates, through the user computing device 100, a hidden web browser process (eg, using a WebView software application).

In another variation of this other embodiment of the present invention, in a data metasearch method 600, each search query is directed, by the user computing device 100, to a corresponding information resource (e.g., a first information resource 400 or a second information resource 500) through a hidden web browser process. , previously initiated or created by the user computing device 100, and search results from information resources (eg, from the first and second information resources 400, 500) to which search requests were directed are received through said initiated hidden web browser process.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the data metasearch method 600 shown in FIG. 2 may further include the following basic operations or steps, according to which:

(i) initiating, through the user computing device 100, a hidden web browser process (e.g., using a WebView software application) to direct each search request to the appropriate information resource (e.g., the first information resource 400 or the second information resource 500) over communication network 300 via said initiated hidden web browser process, and

(ii) receiving, through the user computing device 100, search results from information resources (eg, from the first and second information resources 400, 500) to which search queries have been directed, through said initiated hidden web browser process.

In some other embodiment of the present invention, the data metasearch method 600 may include the additional step of displaying the ranked search results on a display module 20 on a user computing device 100 or an external display device (not shown) connected to the user computing device 100 via a network 300 communications.

In fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the basic operations of a method 700 for performing data metasearch according to the present invention.

The data metasearch method 700 shown in FIG. 3 may be implemented using the data metasearch system 1000 of the present invention shown in FIG. 1.

The data metasearch method 700 shown in FIG. 3, includes the following six (6) main operations or steps, according to which:

(710) enable, through the user computing device 100, the user to enter a user search query,

(720) create, through the user computing device 100, a secure connection with the server, causing said user search request to be transmitted over said secure connection to the server 200,

(730) provide, through the server 200, one or more network addresses of information resources (eg, network addresses for the first and second information resources 400, 500) over the specified secure connection from the server 200 to the user computing device 100 in response to the specified user search request ,

(740) send, through the user computing device 100, at least one search request over the communication network 300, matched with the user computing device identifier, to at least one of the specified information resources (for example, to one of the first and second information resources 400, 500) using its network address received from server 200,

(750) receive, through the user computing device 100, search results from information resources (for example, from the first and second information resources 400, 500) to which the search queries were directed, causing them to be redirected to the server 200 over the specified secure connection, and

(760) rank, through the server 200, the specified search results to obtain ranked search results for delivery to the user computing device 100 over the specified secure connection.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the data metasearch method 700 shown in FIG. 3, instead of or in lieu of the above-described steps (750)-(760), alternative operations or steps may be performed whereby: (i) receiving, by the user computing device 100, search results from information resources (for example, from the first and second information resources 400, 500) to which the search queries were directed, and (ii) ranking, by the user computing device 100, the specified search results to obtain ranked search results.

In yet another embodiment of the present invention, the data metasearch method 700 shown in FIG. 3 may further include the following basic operations or steps, according to which:

(i) enable, through the user computing device 100, the user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources (for example, for the first and second information resources 400, 500),

(ii) transmitting, through the user computing device, said authorization data to the server 200 over a secure connection established between the user computing device 100 and the server 200,

(iii) processing, through the server 200, the specified authorization data to create one or more server authorization requests, each of which corresponds to a user search query and corresponds to one of the specified information resources (for example, from the first and second information resources 400, 500), data authorizations for which have been transmitted to the server 200, causing said server authorization requests to be issued to the user computing device 100 over the specified secure connection, and

(iv) issuing, through the user computing device 100, a user authorization request for each of the information resources (eg, from the first and second information resources 400, 500) corresponding to the specified server authorization requests over the communication network 300; and

(v) receive authorization keys from the specified information resources (for example, from the first and second information resources 400, 500), for which user authorization requests were issued, over the communication network 300, ensuring their issuance to the server 200 over the specified secure connection, while

(a) the addresses of information resources in the communication network 300 (eg, network addresses for the first and second information resources 400, 500) received from the server 200 further correspond to the specified authorization keys, and

(b) each search request sent by the user computing device 100 over the communication network 300 to an information resource (e.g., the first information resource 400 or the second information resource 500) in accordance with one of the specified information resource addresses (e.g., in accordance with one of the network the address for the first and second information resources 400, 500), additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the data metasearch method 700 shown in FIG. 3 may further include the following basic operations or steps, according to which:

(i) enable, through the user computing device 100, the user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources (for example, for the first and second information resources 400, 500),

(ii) carry out, through the user computing device 100, authorization of the user on each of the specified information resources over the communication network using the specified authorization data and

(iii) receiving, through the user computing device 100, authorization keys from the specified information resources (for example, from the first and second information resources 400, 500) over the communication network 300, ensuring their issuance to the server 200 over a secure connection created between the user computing device 100 and server 200, while

the addresses of information resources in the communication network (for example, network addresses for the first and second information resources 400, 500) received from the server 200 additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and

each search request sent by the user computing device 100 over the communication network 300 to an information resource (e.g., the first information resource 400 or the second information resource 500) in accordance with one of the specified information resource addresses (e.g., one of the network addresses for the first and second information resources 400, 500), additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource.

In one variation of this other embodiment of the present invention, the method 700 of performing metasearch for user authorization data initiates or creates, through the user computing device 100, a hidden web browser process (eg, using a WebView software application).

In another variation of this other embodiment of the present invention, in a data metasearch method 700, each search query is directed, by the user computing device 100, to a corresponding information resource (e.g., a first information resource 400 or a second information resource 500) through a hidden web browser process. previously initiated or created by the user computing device 100, and the search results from the information resources (eg, from the first and second information resources 400, 500) to which the search queries were directed are received through said initiated hidden web browser process.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the data metasearch method 700 shown in FIG. 3 may further include the following basic operations or steps, according to which:

(i) initiating, through the user computing device 100, a hidden web browser process (e.g., using a WebView software application) to direct each search request to the appropriate information resource (e.g., the first information resource 400 or the second information resource 500) over communication network 300 via said initiated hidden web browser process, and

(ii) receiving, through the user computing device 100, search results from information resources (eg, from the first and second information resources 400, 500) to which search queries have been directed, through said initiated hidden web browser process.

In some other embodiment of the present invention, the data metasearch method 700 may include the additional step of displaying the ranked search results on a display module 20 on a user computing device 100 or an external display device (not shown) connected to the user computing device 100 via a network 300 communications.

The presented illustrative embodiments, examples and description serve only to provide an understanding of the essence of the claimed invention and are not limiting. Other possible embodiments will be clear to one skilled in the art from the above description. The scope of the present invention is limited only by the accompanying claims.

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1. A method for performing data metasearch performed on a user computing device with one or more processors, wherein according to the specified method: provide the ability to interact with the user for the user to enter a custom search query, creating a network connection with the server to ensure the transmission of the specified received user search request over the specified network connection to the specified server, receive from the server one or more network addresses of information resources over a specified network connection in response to a specified entered user search query, sending at least one search request over the communication network, matched with the identifier of the user computing device, to at least one of the specified information resources using its network address, accept search results from information resources to which search requests were sent, ensuring their redirection to the server via the specified network connection and receive ranked search results from the server over the specified network connection. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying said ranked search results on a display module of the user computing device. 3. The method according to claim 1, according to which additionally provide the ability to interact with the user for the user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources, transmit the specified authorization data to the specified server over the specified network connection, receive from the server one or more server authorization requests, each of which corresponds to a user search request and corresponds to one of the specified information resources, the authorization data for which was transferred to the specified server, over the specified network connection, ensuring the issuance of a user authorization request for each of the information resources , corresponding to the specified server authorization requests, over the communication network and receive authorization keys from the specified information resources, for which user authorization requests were issued, over the communication network, ensuring their issuance to the specified server via the specified network connection, while addresses of information resources in the communication network received from the server additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and Each search request sent by a user computing device over a communication network to an information resource in accordance with one of the specified addresses of information resources additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource. 4. The method according to claim 1, according to which additionally provide the ability to interact with the user for the user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources, carry out user authorization on each of the specified information resources via the communication network using the specified authorization data and accept authorization keys from the specified information resources over the communication network, ensuring their issuance to the specified server via the specified network connection, while addresses of information resources in the communication network received from the server additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and Each search request sent by a user computing device over a communication network to an information resource in accordance with one of the specified addresses of information resources additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource. 5. The method according to claim 4, according to which a hidden web browser process is initiated to carry out user authorization. 6. The method according to claim 5, according to which each search request is sent to the corresponding information resource through the specified initiated hidden process of the web browser and search results from the information resources to which the search requests were sent are received through the specified initiated hidden process of the web browser. 7. The method according to claim 1, according to which additionally initiating a hidden web browser process to route each search request to a corresponding information resource over a communication network through said initiated hidden web browser process and receive search results from information resources to which search requests were sent through the specified initiated hidden process of the web browser. 8. A method for performing data metasearch performed on a user computing device with one or more processors, wherein according to the specified method: provide the ability to interact with the user for the user to enter a custom search query, creating a network connection with the server to ensure that said entered user search query is transmitted over said network connection to said server, receive from the server one or more network addresses of information resources over a specified network connection in response to a specified entered user search query, sending at least one search request over the communication network, matched with the identifier of the user computing device, to at least one of the specified information resources using its network address, accept search results from information resources to which search queries were sent, and ranking said received search results to obtain ranked search results, Moreover, according to the specified method, additionally provide the ability to interact with the user for the user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources, transmit the specified authorization data to the specified server over the specified network connection, receive from the server one or more server authorization requests, each of which corresponds to a user search request and corresponds to one of the specified information resources, the authorization data for which was transferred to the specified server, over the specified network connection, ensuring the issuance of a user authorization request for each of the information resources , corresponding to the specified server authorization requests, over the communication network and receive authorization keys from the specified information resources, for which user authorization requests were issued, over the communication network, ensuring their issuance to the specified server via the specified network connection, while addresses of information resources in the communication network received from the server additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and each search request sent by a user computing device over a communication network to an information resource in accordance with one of the specified addresses of information resources additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource. 9. The method of claim 8, further comprising displaying said ranked search results on a display module of the user computing device. 10. The method according to claim 8, according to which additionally provide the ability to interact with the user for the user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources, carry out user authorization on each of the specified information resources via the communication network using the specified authorization data and accept authorization keys from the specified information resources over the communication network, ensuring their issuance to the specified server via the specified network connection, while addresses of information resources in the communication network received from the server additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and Each search request sent by a user computing device over a communication network to an information resource in accordance with one of the specified addresses of information resources additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource. 11. The method according to claim 10, according to which a hidden web browser process is initiated to carry out user authorization. 12. The method according to claim 11, according to which each search request is sent to the corresponding information resource through the specified initiated hidden process of the web browser and search results from the information resources to which the search requests were sent are received through the specified initiated hidden process of the web browser. 13. The method according to claim 8, according to which additionally initiating a hidden web browser process to direct each search request to the corresponding information resource over the communication network through the specified initiated hidden web browser process, receive search results from information resources to which search requests were sent through the specified initiated hidden process of the web browser. 14. A computing device for performing data metasearch, containing: a user interaction module configured to allow a user to enter a user search query, and a computing module coupled to communicate with the module to interact with a user to receive said user search request from the user, and configured to perform at least the following operations, according to which: provide the ability to create a network connection with a server for transmitting said received user search request over said network connection to said server, provide the ability to receive from the server one or more network addresses of information resources over a specified network connection in response to a specified entered user search query, provide the ability to send at least one search request over the communication network, matched with the identifier of the user computing device, to at least one of the specified information resources using its network address, provide the ability to receive search results from information resources to which search queries were sent, with the ability to redirect them to the server via a specified network connection and provide the ability to receive ranked search results from the server over a specified network connection. 15. The computing device of claim 14, further comprising a display module communicatively connected to the computing module and configured to display ranked search results to the user. 16. The computing device according to claim 14, wherein the user interaction module is further configured to allow the user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources, and the computing module is further configured to perform at least the following operations, according to which: transmit the specified authorization data to the specified server over the specified network connection, receive from the server one or more server authorization requests, each of which corresponds to a user search request and corresponds to one of the specified information resources, the authorization data for which was transferred to the specified server, over the specified network connection, ensuring the issuance of a user authorization request for each of the information resources , corresponding to the specified server authorization requests, over the communication network and receive authorization keys from the specified information resources, for which user authorization requests were issued, over the communication network, ensuring their issuance to the specified server via the specified network connection, while addresses of information resources in the communication network received from the server additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and Each search request sent by a user computing device over a communication network to an information resource in accordance with one of the specified addresses of information resources additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource. 17. The computing device according to claim 14, wherein the user interaction module is further configured to allow the user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources, and the computing module is further configured to perform at least the following operations, according to which: carry out user authorization on each of the specified information resources via the communication network using the specified authorization data and accept authorization keys from the specified information resources over the communication network, ensuring their issuance to the specified server via the specified network connection, while addresses of information resources in the communication network received from the server additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and Each search request sent by a user computing device over a communication network to an information resource in accordance with one of the specified addresses of information resources additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource. 18. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the computing module is further configured to initiate a hidden web browser process to perform user authorization. 19. The computing device of claim 18, wherein the computing module is further configured to route each search request to an information resource through said initiated hidden web browser process and to receive search results from the information resources to which the search requests were directed through specified initiated hidden web browser process. 20. The computing device of claim 14, wherein the computing module is further configured to initiate a hidden web browser process to route each search request to a corresponding information resource over a communications network through said initiated hidden web browser process and to receive search results from information resources to which search requests were directed, through the specified initiated hidden process of the web browser. 21. A computing device for performing data metasearch, containing: a user interaction module configured to allow a user to enter a user search query, and a computing module coupled to communicate with the module to interact with a user to receive said user search request from the user, and configured to perform at least the following operations, according to which: provide the ability to create a network connection with a server to transmit said entered user search query over said network connection to said server, provide the ability to receive from the server one or more network addresses of information resources over a specified network connection in response to a specified entered user search query, provide the ability to send at least one search request over the communication network, matched with the identifier of the user computing device, to at least one of the specified information resources using its network address, provide the ability to receive search results from information resources to which search queries were sent, and ranking said received search results to obtain ranked search results, wherein the user interaction module is further configured to allow the user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources, and the computing module is further configured to perform at least the following operations, according to which: transmit the specified authorization data to the specified server over the specified network connection, receive from the server one or more server authorization requests, each of which corresponds to a user search request and corresponds to one of the specified information resources, the authorization data for which was transferred to the specified server, over the specified network connection, ensuring the issuance of a user authorization request for each of the information resources , corresponding to the specified server authorization requests, over the communication network and receive authorization keys from the specified information resources, for which user authorization requests were issued, over the communication network, ensuring their issuance to the specified server via the specified network connection, while addresses of information resources in the communication network received from the server additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and Each search request sent by a user computing device over a communication network to an information resource in accordance with one of the specified addresses of information resources additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource. 22. The computing device of claim 21, further comprising a display module communicatively coupled to the computing module and configured to display ranked search results to the user. 23. The computing device according to claim 21, wherein the user interaction module is further configured to allow the user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources, and the computing module is further configured to perform at least the following operations, according to which: carry out user authorization on each of the specified information resources via the communication network using the specified authorization data and accept authorization keys from the specified information resources over the communication network, ensuring their issuance to the specified server via the specified network connection, while addresses of information resources in the communication network received from the server additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and Each search request sent by a user computing device over a communication network to an information resource in accordance with one of the specified addresses of information resources additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource. 24. The computing device of claim 23, wherein the computing module is further configured to initiate a hidden web browser process to perform user authorization. 25. The computing device of claim 24, wherein the computing module is further configured to route each search request to an information resource through said initiated hidden web browser process and to receive search results from the information resources to which the search requests were directed through specified initiated hidden web browser process. 26. The computing device of claim 21, wherein the computing module is further configured to initiate a hidden web browser process to route each search request to a corresponding information resource over a communications network through said initiated hidden web browser process and to receive search results from information resources to which search requests were directed, through the specified initiated hidden process of the web browser. 27. A method for performing data metasearch, according to which: provide, through a user computing device, the ability for a user to enter a user search query, creating, by means of a user computing device, a network connection with the server, allowing said user search request to be transmitted over said network connection to said server, issuing, through the specified server, one or more network addresses of information resources over the specified network connection from the specified server to the specified user computing device in response to the specified entered user search query, sending, by means of a user computing device, at least one search request over a communication network, matched with the identifier of the user computing device, to at least one of the specified information resources using its network address received from the specified server, receive, by means of a user computing device, search results from information resources to which search requests were sent, ensuring their redirection to the specified server over the specified network connection, ranking, by means of the specified server, the specified search results to obtain ranked search results, ensuring their delivery to the user computing device over the specified network connection. 28. The method of claim 27, further comprising displaying said ranked search results on a display module of the user computing device. 29. The method according to claim 27, according to which additionally provide, through a user computing device, the ability for a user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources, transmitting, through the user computing device, said authorization data to said server over said network connection, processing, by means of the specified server, the specified authorization data to create one or more server authorization requests, each of which corresponds to the user search request and corresponds to one of the specified information resources, the authorization data for which was transferred to the specified server, ensuring the issuance of the specified server authorization requests to the user's computing device over the specified network connection, issue, by means of a user computing device, a user authorization request for each of the information resources corresponding to the specified server authorization requests over the communication network and receive authorization keys from the specified information resources, for which user authorization requests were issued, over the communication network, ensuring their issuance to the specified server via the specified network connection, while addresses of information resources in the communication network received from the server additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and each search request sent by a user computing device over a communication network to an information resource in accordance with one of the specified addresses of information resources additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource. 30. The method according to claim 27, according to which additionally provide, through a user computing device, the ability for a user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources, carry out, through a user computing device, authorization of the user on each of the specified information resources via the communication network using the specified authorization data and receive, through a user computing device, authorization keys from the specified information resources over the communication network, ensuring their issuance to the specified server via the specified network connection, while addresses of information resources in the communication network received from the server additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and Each search request sent by a user computing device over a communication network to an information resource in accordance with one of the specified addresses of information resources additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource. 31. The method according to claim 30, according to which a hidden web browser process is initiated, through the user's computing device, to authorize the user. 32. The method according to claim 31, according to which each search request is sent, by means of a user computing device, to an information resource through a specified initiated hidden process of a web browser, and search results from the information resources to which the search requests were sent are received, through the user computing device, through a specified initiated hidden web browser process. 33. The method according to claim 27, according to which additionally initiating, through the user computing device, a hidden web browser process to route each search request to a corresponding information resource over a communication network through said initiated hidden web browser process; and receiving, through the user's computing device, search results from the information resources to which the search requests were directed through said initiated hidden web browser process. 34. A method for performing data metasearch, according to which: provide, through a user computing device, the ability for a user to enter a user search query, creating, by means of a user computing device, a network connection with a server, causing said input user search query to be transmitted over said network connection to said server, issuing, through the specified server, one or more network addresses of information resources over the specified network connection from the specified server to the specified user computing device in response to the specified entered user search query, sending, by means of a user computing device, at least one search request over a communication network, matched with the identifier of the user computing device, to at least one of the specified information resources using its network address received from the specified server, receive, through the user's computing device, search results from information resources to which the search queries were directed, and ranking, by means of the user computing device, the specified search results to obtain ranked search results, Moreover, according to the specified method, additionally provide, through a user computing device, the ability for a user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources, transmitting, through the user computing device, said authorization data to said server over said network connection, processing, by means of the specified server, the specified authorization data to create one or more server authorization requests, each of which corresponds to the user search request and corresponds to one of the specified information resources, the authorization data for which was transferred to the specified server, ensuring the issuance of the specified server authorization requests to the user's computing device over the specified network connection, issue, by means of a user computing device, a user authorization request for each of the information resources corresponding to the specified server authorization requests over the communication network and receive authorization keys from the specified information resources, for which user authorization requests were issued, over the communication network, ensuring their issuance to the specified server via the specified network connection, while addresses of information resources in the communication network received from the server additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and Each search request sent by a user computing device over a communication network to an information resource in accordance with one of the specified addresses of information resources additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource. 35. The method of claim 34, further comprising displaying said ranked search results on a display module of the user computing device. 36. The method according to claim 34, according to which additionally provide, through a user computing device, the ability for a user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources, carry out, through a user computing device, authorization of the user on each of the specified information resources via the communication network using the specified authorization data and receive, through a user computing device, authorization keys from the specified information resources over the communication network, ensuring their issuance to the specified server via the specified network connection, while addresses of information resources in the communication network received from the server additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and Each search request sent by a user computing device over a communication network to an information resource in accordance with one of the specified addresses of information resources additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource. 37. The method according to claim 36, according to which a hidden web browser process is initiated, by means of the user's computing device, to authorize the user. 38. The method according to claim 37, according to which each search request is sent, by means of a user computing device, to an information resource through a specified initiated hidden process of a web browser, and search results from the information resources to which the search requests were sent are received, through the user computing device, through a specified initiated hidden web browser process. 39. The method according to claim 34, according to which additionally initiating, through the user computing device, a hidden web browser process to route each search request to a corresponding information resource over a communication network through said initiated hidden web browser process; and receiving, through the user's computing device, search results from the information resources to which the search requests were directed through said initiated hidden web browser process. 40. A system for performing data metasearch, containing: server for performing data metasearch and a user computing device for performing data metasearch, connected with the ability to exchange data with the specified server over a communication network and containing at least one processor configured to perform at least the following operations, according to which: provide user interaction for the user to enter a custom search query, and creating a network connection with the specified server through the specified communication network, allowing the specified user search request to be transmitted over the specified network connection to the specified server, while said server is further configured to issue one or more network addresses of information resources over said network connection to the user computing device in response to said input user search query, the user computing device is additionally configured to send at least one search request over the communication network, matched with the identifier of the user computing device, to at least one of the specified information resources using its network address received from the specified server, and with the ability receiving search results from information resources to which search requests were sent, ensuring the possibility of their redirection to the specified server via the specified network connection, and said server is further configured to rank said search results received from the user computing device to obtain ranked search results so that they can be delivered to the user computing device over said network connection. 41. The system of claim 40, wherein the user computing device is further configured to display said ranked search results received from said server. 42. The system of claim 40, wherein the user computing device is further configured to allow the user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources, and is configured to transmit said authorization data to said server over said network connection, and said server is further configured to the ability to process said authorization data to create one or more server authorization requests, each of which corresponds to a user search request and corresponds to one of the specified information resources, the authorization data for which was transferred to the specified server, allowing the issuance of said server authorization requests to the user computing device over the specified network connection, while The user computing device is also configured to perform the following operations, according to which: issue a user authorization request for each of the information resources corresponding to the specified server authorization requests over the communication network and receive authorization keys from the specified information resources, for which user authorization requests were issued, over the communication network, ensuring their issuance to the specified server via the specified network connection, while addresses of information resources in the communication network received from the server additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and each search request sent by a user computing device over a communication network to an information resource in accordance with one of the specified addresses of information resources additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource. 43. The system of claim 40, wherein the user computing device is further configured to perform at least the following operations: provide the ability for the user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources, carry out user authorization on each of the specified information resources via the communication network using the specified authorization data and accept authorization keys from the specified information resources over the communication network, ensuring their issuance to the specified server via the specified network connection, while addresses of information resources in the communication network received from the server additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and Each search request sent by a user computing device over a communication network to an information resource in accordance with one of the specified addresses of information resources additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource. 44. The system of claim 43, wherein the user computing device is further configured to initiate a hidden web browser process to effect user authorization. 45. The system of claim 44, wherein the user computing device is further configured to route each search request to an information resource through said initiated hidden web browser process and to receive search results from the information resources to which the search requests were directed through specified initiated hidden web browser process. 46. The system of claim 40, wherein the user computing device is further configured to initiate a hidden web browser process to route each search request to a corresponding information resource over a communications network through said initiated hidden web browser process and to receive search results from information resources to which search requests were directed, through the specified initiated hidden process of the web browser. 47. A system for performing data metasearch, containing: server for performing data metasearch and a user computing device for performing data metasearch, connected with the ability to exchange data with the specified server over a communication network and containing at least one processor configured to perform at least the following operations, according to which: provide user interaction for the user to enter a custom search query, and creating a network connection with the specified server through the specified communication network with the ability to transmit the specified entered user search query over the specified network connection to the specified server, while said server is further configured to issue one or more network addresses of information resources over said network connection to a user computing device in response to said input user search query, and The user computing device is further configured to perform at least the following operations, according to which: sending at least one search request over the communication network, matched with the identifier of the user computing device, to at least one of the specified information resources using its network address received from the specified server, accept search results from information resources to which search queries were sent, and ranking said received search results to obtain ranked search results, wherein the user computing device is further configured to allow the user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources and is configured to transmit said authorization data to said server over said network connection, and said server is further configured to process said authorization data to create one or more server authorization requests, each of which corresponds to a user search request and corresponds to one of the specified information resources, the authorization data for which was transferred to the specified server, ensuring the possibility of issuing the specified server authorization requests to the user computing device over the specified network connection, while The user computing device is also configured to perform the following operations, according to which: issue a user authorization request for each of the information resources corresponding to the specified server authorization requests over the communication network and receive authorization keys from the specified information resources, for which user authorization requests were issued, over the communication network, ensuring their issuance to the specified server via the specified network connection, while addresses of information resources in the communication network received from the server additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and Each search request sent by a user computing device over a communication network to an information resource in accordance with one of the specified addresses of information resources additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource. 48. The system of claim 47, wherein the user computing device is further configured to display said ranked search results received from said server. 49. The system of claim 47, wherein the user computing device is further configured to perform at least the following operations: provide the ability for the user to transmit authorization data for one or more information resources, carry out user authorization on each of the specified information resources via the communication network using the specified authorization data and accept authorization keys from the specified information resources over the communication network, ensuring their issuance to the specified server via the specified network connection, while addresses of information resources in the communication network received from the server additionally correspond to the specified authorization keys, and Each search request sent by a user computing device over a communication network to an information resource in accordance with one of the specified addresses of information resources additionally contains an authorization key corresponding to the specified information resource. 50. The system of claim 49, wherein the user computing device is further configured to initiate a hidden web browser process to effect user authorization. 51. The system of claim 50, wherein the user computing device is further configured to route each search request to an information resource through said initiated hidden web browser process and to receive search results from the information resources to which the search requests were directed through specified initiated hidden web browser process. 52. The system of claim 47, wherein the user computing device is further configured to initiate a hidden web browser process to route each search request to a corresponding information resource over a communications network through said initiated hidden web browser process and to receive search results from information resources to which search requests were directed, through the specified initiated hidden process of the web browser.