Method and apparatus for context enabled search
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsTonia G. Morris, Nikhil M. Deshpande, Uttam K. Sengupta
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Abstract
Techniques and structures are disclosed for allowing context-based searches to be performed from a wireless device. In at least one embodiment, a wireless device may append context-specific information, collected by at least one local sensor to a network search query to be delivered to a remote search engine when a network search is being performed. The wireless device may then receive search results from the remote search engine in response to the network search query that identify the elements of appended context-specific information that were used to perform the network search. The wireless device may then display these search results to a user.
Claims28
A wireless device comprising:
- a user interface;
- a controller to control operation of said wireless device, said controller being in communication with said user interface to accept input from a user and to deliver output to said user;
- and
- a wireless transceiver to support wireless communication with at least one remote wireless entity;
- wherein said controller is programmed to:
- (a) append context-specific information collected by at least one local sensor to a network search query to be delivered to a remote search engine via said wireless transceiver when said user is performing a network search, (b) receive search results from said remote search engine, via said wireless transceiver, in response to said network search query, said search results including an indication of which elements of context-specific information that were appended to said network search query were used to perform the network search, and (c) display said search results to a user.
A method comprising:
- detecting initiation of a network search within a wireless device;
- collecting context-specific information regarding said wireless device;
- appending context-specific information to a search query to be delivered to a remote search engine;
- transmitting said search query to said remote search engine using a wireless transceiver within said wireless device;
- and
- receiving search results from said remote search engine, via said wireless transceiver, in response to said search query, said search results including an indication of context-specific information elements that were used to perform said network search.
A wireless device comprising:
- at least one dipole antenna;
- a user interface;
- a controller to control operation of said wireless device, said controller being in communication with said user interface to accept input from a user and to deliver output to said user;
- and
- a wireless transceiver, coupled to said at last one dipole antenna, to support wireless communication with at least one remote wireless entity;
- wherein said controller is programmed to:
- (a) automatically append context-specific information collected by at least one local sensor to a network search query to be delivered to a remote search engine via said wireless transceiver when said user is performing a network search, (b) receive search results from said remote search engine, via said wireless transceiver, in response to said network search query, said search results including an indication of which elements of context-specific information that were appended to said network search query were used to perform the network search, and (c) display said search results to a user.
A computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computing platform, operate to:
- detect initiation of a network search within a wireless device;
- collect context-specific information regarding said wireless device;
- and
- append context-specific information to a search query to be delivered to a remote search engine;
- transmit said search query to said remote search engine;
- and
- receive search results from said remote search engine in response to said search query, said search results including an indication of context-specific information types that were used to perform said network search.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.