Simplified Collaborative Searching Through Pattern Recognition

A system for enabling collaborative searching, the system comprising:

• a first computing device comprising computer-executable instructions for:
• performing pattern recognition to determine an identity of a first user proximate to the first computing device;
• a second computing device, physically distinct from the first computing device, the second computing device comprising computer-executable instructions for performing pattern recognition to enable at least one additional user to join a collaborative search comprising the first user and the at least one additional user;
• and
• a computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions for:
• establishing a collaborative search session;
• adding the first user and the at least one additional user to the collaborative search session;
• and providing identifiers of users in the collaborative search session to a search engine.

One or more computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions for enabling collaborative searching, the computer-executable instructions, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform steps comprising:

• detecting a motion of a computing device comprising the computer-readable media;
• transmitting, if the detected motion is similar to a first pre-defined motion, a request to add a user of the computing device to a collaborative search session that already comprises at least one other user utilizing a different computing device;
• and
• transmitting a request for a collaborative recommendation that is a result of the collaborative search session if the detected motion is equivalent to a second pre-defined motion, and if the user of the computing device has previously joined the collaborative search session.