Methods and systems for incrementally selecting and providing relevant search engines in response to a user query. A method of incrementally selecting and providing relevant search engines is based in part on identifying a set of search engines associated with corresponding metadata, receiving a partial...http://www.google.com/patents/US8073860?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8073860 - Method and system for incrementally selecting and providing relevant search engines in response to a user query