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US 10,373,221 B1Granted
On-device directory search
AssigneeSquare, Inc.
InventorZachary Brock
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AssigneeSquare, Inc.
InventorZachary Brock
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Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing searches using an on-device directory. One of the methods includes providing, by a user device, a location of the user device to a server. Delta information is received that identifies merchants to be added to an on-device directory of the user device, wherein the merchants to be added are located in a geographic region that includes the location of the user device. An on-device directory on the user device is updated using the received information identifying merchants. A search query for merchants located in the geographic region is received. Information is obtained from the on device directory identifying one or more merchants that satisfy the query, and the information identifying the one or more merchants is provided in response to the query.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
A device comprising:
One or more non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable instructions stored therein, which when executed by one or more processors of a server, cause the one or more processors to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.