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US 2006/0136393 A1Published application
Soliciting information based on a computer user's context
AssigneeTangis Corporation
InventorsKenneth Abbott, James Robarts, Dan Newell
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Abstract
A user search request is received and context information for the user is identified. The user search request and the context information are then combined to generate search criteria corresponding to the user search request, providing for information solicitation based on a computer user's context.
Claims23
A method comprising:
- receiving a user search request;
- identifying context information for the user;
- and
- determining search criteria corresponding to the user search request by combining the user search request and the current context information.
1 more element
19-22. (canceled)
One or more computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, direct a computer to:
- receive a request to generate a product interest characterization;
- receive one or more pieces of data corresponding to the request;
- create a new product interest characterization in response to the request;
- populate one or more fields of the product interest characterization with the one or more pieces of data;
- and
- populate one or more additional fields of the product interest characterization with data representing context information for a user associated with the request.
3 more elements
24-60. (canceled)
A system comprising:
- a characterization module configured to characterize a user's context;
- and
- a search criteria generator configured to generate search criteria corresponding to a user search request, wherein the search criteria is coupled to receive a user search request via one or more input devices, and further coupled to receive the user's context from the characterization module.
62-69. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.