Patent US 8,930,449

A process for metasearching, comprising: receiving a request from a client device by a metasearch engine to send at least one search query to a plurality of unique hosts, the request associated with at least one travel related item that may be ordered; sending the at least one search query to the plurality of unique hosts and at least one database query to at least one storage device; receiving and combining search results from the plurality of unique hosts and at least one database result from the storage device; incorporating the combined search results into a response; causing at least one advertisement associated with the at least one item that may be ordered to be displayed in the response; communicating the response from the metasearch engine to the client device; receiving another request from the client device for placing an order for the at least one item; processing the order.