Systems and methods for generating search results using application-specific rule sets

A portable device for performing a search, comprising:

• a storage that stores a plurality of sets of application specific rules, wherein each of the sets of application specific rules is associated with a respective application, and wherein each of the sets of application specific rules defines a template for generating function identifiers that identify functions of the respective application;
• and
• a search module that:
• obtains a search query,
• identifies at least one entity type indicated by the search query,
• retrieves, from the storage, a first set of application specific rules corresponding to the identified entity type,
• generates at least one unparameterized function identifier using (i) the retrieved first set of application specific rules and (ii) the search query, wherein each identifier of the at least one unparameterized function identifier includes at least one parameter field that (a) corresponds to the at least one entity type but does not (b) indicate a parameter value,
• generates a parameterized function identifier by parameterizing a first identifier of the at least one unparameterized function identifier using the search query, wherein parameterizing the first identifier includes populating a first parameter field of the at least one parameter field with a parameter value based on the search query, and
• generates a search result based on the parameterized function identifier.