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US 8,509,747 B2Granted
Multiple services summarization
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsBrian Roberts, Donald H. Relyea
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Abstract
A system comprises a mobile device configured to facilitate communications with a network. The system may further comprise a plurality of various data services, an identification service and an aggregation service. The mobile device identifies a subject and initiates a search for the subject, searching at least one of the data services. The mobile device then provides a summary of the data to the user via the user interface on the mobile device.
Claims28
A system, comprising:
- a plurality of data services;
- and
- a mobile device configured to communicate via a network with at least a subset of the plurality of data services, the mobile device being configured to:
- receive identification data relating to a subject,
- determine whether the subject can be identified locally,
- determine an identity of the subject using the identification data,
- establish search criteria,
- search at least a subset of the plurality of data services for data relating to the identified subject, and
- provide a summary of the data, wherein the data is summarized using a plurality of factors.
6 more elements
A method, comprising:
- receiving identification data relating to a subject in a mobile device;
- determining, by the mobile device, whether the subject can be identified locally;
- identifying the subject using the identification data;
- establishing search criteria;
- searching, utilizing a computing device, multiple data services for data relating to the identified subject;
- and
- providing a summary of the data, wherein the data is summarized using a plurality of factors.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a communications interface configured to facilitate data communications with a plurality of data services via a network;
- a processor;
- and
- a computer readable medium including instructions executable on the processor including instructions to:
- receive identification data relating to a subject,
- determine whether the subject can be identified locally,
- identify the subject using the identification data,
- establish search criteria,
- search at least a subset of the plurality of data services for data relating to the identified subject, and
- provide a summary of the data, wherein the data is summarized using a plurality of factors.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.