Searching Multiple Data Sources Using a Mobile Computing Device

A computer-implemented method for generating alternate search terms based on received search text data using a mobile computing device, comprising:

• receiving the search text data;
• responsive to determining one or more storage locations within the mobile computing device do not include data similar to the received search text data, identifying one or more search applications associated with data stores external to the mobile computing device from a search database stored in a memory of the mobile computing device;
• receiving a selection of one or more search applications;
• communicating the received search text data to the one or more search applications;
• receiving, from the one or more search applications, one or more alternate search terms associated with the received search text data;
• providing for display on a screen, the one or more alternate search terms.

A computer-implemented method for modifying a search database identifying search locations included in a search database stored in a memory of a mobile computing device comprising:

• receiving, using a transceiver in the mobile computing device, data from a website;
• analyzing, using a processor included in the mobile computing device, the data from the website to identify search data;
• responsive to identifying search data and determining the search database does not include data associated with the website, determining an identifier associated with the website and a search application associated with the website;
• and
• storing the identifier associated with the website and data associated with the search application in the storage database.

A computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions to receive search text data and initiate an action responsive to the search text data, the instructions when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

• determine whether one or more storage locations identified by data stored in a memory include data similar to the search text data;
• responsive to determining the one or more storage locations do not include data similar to the received text data, communicate the received search text data to one or more applications;
• provide for display one or more application identifiers each associated with an application from the one or more applications;
• receive a selection of an application identifier;
• and
• execute an action using a selected application associated with the selected application identifier, the action using the received search text data.