Automatic invocation of computational resources without user intervention across a network

A computer-implemented method performed by a set of one or more computer systems of retrieving information for a user interacting with one more applications associated with the set of one of the one or more computer systems, the method comprising:

• receiving user interaction information from a user interface indicative of one or more user interactions made with a first application executing on a first computer system;
• determining contextual information indicative of a context for the one or more user interactions made with the first application based upon the user interaction information received from the user interface;
• constructing an instruction by a first set of the one or more computer systems based upon the contextual information;
• executing the instruction to determine first information that is relevant to the determined context, wherein the first information is determined at a second set of the one or more computer systems using a computational resource;
• and
• displaying the first information using a display device.

A computer program product stored on a computer-readable storage medium and operational with a set of one or more computer systems for retrieving information for a user interacting with one more applications associated with the set of one or more computer systems, the computer program product comprising:

• code for receiving a selection signal from one or more user input devices, the selection signal indicative of a user selection made with a first application executing on a first computer system;
• code for determining contextual information indicative of a context for the user selection made with the first application based upon the selection signal from the one or more user input devices;
• code for constructing an information request by a first set of the one or more computer systems for information that is relevant to the context;
• and
• code for receiving first information that is relevant to the context in response to the information request, the first information generated by a second set of the one or more computer systems in response to the information request using a computational resource.

A computer program product stored on a computer-readable storage medium and operational with a set of one or more computer systems for retrieving information for a user interacting with one or more applications associated with the one or more computer systems, the computer program product comprising:

• code for receiving user interaction information from a user interface, the user interaction information indicative of one or more user interactions with a first application executing on a computer system;
• code for determining contextual information indicative of a context for the one or more user interactions with the first application based upon the user interaction information received from the user interface;
• code for constructing an instruction by a first set of one or more computer systems based upon the contextual information;
• code for executing the instruction to determine first information that is relevant to the context, wherein the first information is determined at a second set of one or more computer systems using a computational resource;
• and
• code for displaying the first information via the first application using a display device.

A data processing system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, the memory configured to store a plurality of instructions executable by the processor, the plurality of instructions comprising:
• instructions for receiving a selection signal from one or more user input devices, the selection signal indicative of a user selection made with a first application executing on a computer system;
• instructions for receiving contextual information based upon the selection signal from the one or more user input devices;
• instructions for constructing a request from the contextual information;
• and
• instructions for receiving first information that is relevant to a context established by the contextual information for the user selection in response to the request, the first information generated in response to the request using a computational resource.