2. A computer-implemented method of performing patent analysis on data derived from a web-based search engine pursuant to a search query specified by a user, the method comprising: causing display, in a first element of a patent analytics web page, in a client digital computing device, of search results content served by the search engine, such content including a list of patents; receiving, by the client digital computing device, a patent analytics web page, including script, from a separate server; in a first computer process on the digital computing device, analyzing data associated with the search results content according to criteria, specified by the user when specifying the search query, to produce analysis results that apply to all patents on the list, including running the script, the script being configured to perform the analysis; and in a second computer process on the digital computing device, causing display of the analysis results.
4. A method according to claim 2 , further comprising, in a third computer process, causing display of advertisements based on at least one item included in at least one of the analysis results and the search results content.