Abstract: A search system on the Internet provides a search result in response to search criteria provided by a user. The search system comprises a robot agent for extracting web document information and layout images of web documents on the Internet; a first database for storing the web document information extracted by the robot agent; a second database for storing the layout images extracted by the robot agent; and a search unit for retrieving web document information and layout images, a, from the first database and the second database, respectively, in response to the search criteria.

Abstract: A search system on the Internet provides a search result in response to search criteria provided by a user. The search system comprises a robot agent for extracting web document information and layout images of web documents on the Internet; a first database for storing the web document information extracted by the robot agent; a second database for storing the layout images extracted by the robot agent; and a search unit for retrieving web document information and layout images, a, from the first database and the second database, respectively, in response to the search criteria.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for tailoring the appearance of a graphical user interface, specifically an internet web browser. A host server receives a request over the internet or an intranet for a web page. The host server provides the necessary data and executable files for the user's personal computer. A computer program executed on a personal computer alters the appearance of a user's graphical web browser by accessing data files. The appearance of a web browser can be tailored using an editor program to provide data files used to tailor the appearance of a web browser.