Method, apparatus and computer program product providing an application integrated mobile device search solution using context information

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium embodying a program of instructions, the execution of which performs operations that implement a search platform, the operations comprising:

• implementing a search mediator function interposed between a plurality of applications and a plurality of search functions, at least one of the plurality of applications including an application interworking consumer component;
• and
• operating the search mediator function to:
• receive a search query from one of the plurality of applications in a corresponding format via an application interworking interface, each of the plurality of applications corresponding to a separate format;
• receive a search profile specific to the one of the plurality of applications;
• responsive to the search query, select one of the plurality of search functions;
• transform the search query into a format applicable to the selected search function;
• transform search results received from the selected search function to the format corresponding to the one of the plurality of applications in accordance with the search profile specific to the one of the plurality of applications;
• and application
• route the formatted search results to the application via the application interworking interface;
• wherein one or more of the select and transform operations is performed based on the search profile specific to the one of the plurality of applications.

A method comprising:

• implementing, by an apparatus, a search mediator function interposed between a plurality of applications and a plurality of search functions, at least one of the plurality of applications including an application interworking consumer component;
• and
• operating, by the apparatus, the search mediator function to:
• receive a search query from one of the plurality of applications in a corresponding format via an application interworkinq interface, each of the plurality of applications corresponding to a separate format;
• receive search profiles specific to one or more of the plurality of applications;
• responsive to the search query from the one of the plurality of applications, select one of the plurality of search functions;
• transform the search query into a format applicable to the selected search function;
• transform search results received from the selected search function to the format corresponding to the one of the plurality of applications in accordance with a search profile specific to the one of the plurality of applications;
• and
• route the formatted search results to the application via the application interworking interface;
• wherein one or more of the select and transform operations is performed based on the search profile specific to the one of the plurality of applications.