Automatic identification and contextual reformulation of implicit device-related queries

A method comprising:

• receiving a fully implicit device query from an electronic device;
• receiving, from the electronic device, device data associated with the electronic device, the data comprising at least one of a model name or a name of an operating platform of the electronic device;
• determining whether the received query is at least similar to a query listed in a query pair database that stores pairs of previously received successive queries, one of the queries in each pair being a non-implicit device query including an indicator phrase or explicit device mention and the other one of the queries in that pair being an implicit device query not including an indicator phrase or explicit device mention;
• determining, based on at least similarity of the received query to an implicit device query listed in the query pair database that does not include an indicator phrase or explicit device mention, that the received query is related to the electronic device from which it was received;
• based at least in part on determining that the received query is related to the electronic device, determining a search strategy that is based at least in part on the received query and the data associated with the electronic device, the search strategy comprising reformulating the query by adding at least a portion of the device data;
• performing a search using the search strategy, including the reformulated search query;
• and
• sending search results associated with the search to the electronic device.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed on one or more processors, cause the one or more processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a fully implicit device query from an electronic device;
• receiving, from the electronic device, device data associated with the electronic device;
• determining whether the received query is at least similar to a query listed in a query pair database that stores pairs of previously received successive queries, one of the queries in each pair being a non-implicit device query including an indicator phrase or explicit device mention and the other one of the queries in that pair being an implicit device query not including an indicator phrase or explicit device mention;
• determining, based on at least similarity of the received query to an implicit device query listed in the query pair database that does not include an indicator phrase or explicit device mention, that the received query is related to the electronic device from which it was received;
• generating a new query based at least in part on the received query and the data associated with the electronic device by adding at least a portion of the device data to the query;
• and
• performing a search using the new query.