Is a search engine that highlights the searched-for terms in the pages it brings up a new idea? Google thinks so and has just been granted a patent for this seemingly obvious idea.
Google’s patent (US 6839702) covers a search engine that highlights the searched-for words in pages retrieved as a result of a search on the internet, a network, a PC or a mobile device. So a search for the keyword “invent” finds a web page entitled “How to invent” and then underlines each occurrence of the word “invent” in that page.
The patent…
