> Does anyone know of prior art (prior to Dec '04) for a search mechanism that obtains search results from multiple domains using sub-plugins and combines them

> Does anyone know of prior art (prior to Dec '04) for a search mechanism that obtains search results from multiple domains using sub-plugins and combines them into a list? Google was doing this two months prior to Apple's filing: http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/desktopsearch.html http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/desktopsearch.html