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14181. A process for metasearching on the Internet, wherein the steps of the process are
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`performed by a metasearch engine executing on a hardware device, the process
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`comprising the steps of:
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`(a) receiving a Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from a client device for the
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`metasearch engine to send at least one search query to a plurality of unique hosts that
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`provide access to information to be searched, wherein the Hypertext Transfer
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`Protocol request from the client device is associated with at least one travel related
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`item that may be ordered from a plurality of travel related items that may be ordered;
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`(b) sending the at least one search query to the plurality of unique hosts in response to the
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`Hypertext Transfer Protocol request received from the client device;
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`(c) sending at least one database query to a database in response to the Hypertext
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`Transfer Protocol request received from the client device, wherein the database
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`comprises at least one previously stored search result received in response to at least
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`one previous search query sent by the metasearch engine;
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`(d[c]) receiving search results from the plurality of unique hosts in response to the at
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`least one search query sent to the plurality of unique hosts;
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`(e) receiving at least one database result comprising at least a portion of the at least one
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`previously stored search result from the database in response to the at least one
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`database query sent to the database;
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`(f) combining the received search results with the at least one database result into
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`combined search results;
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`(g[d]) incorporating the [received] combined search into a response;
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`(h[e]) causing at least one advertisement associated with the at least one item that may be
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`ordered to be displayed in the response;
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`(i[f]) communicating the response from the metasearch engine to the client device;
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`(j[g]) receiving another Hypertext Transfer Protocol request from the client device for
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`placing an order for the at least one item;
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`(k[h]) processing the order.
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`AMERICAN EXPRESS v. METASEARCH
`CBM2014-00001 EXHIBIT 2019-1
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