Multiple web-based content category searching in mobile search application

A method of searching for web content comprising:

• capturing speech presented by a user using a resident capture facility on a mobile communication facility having multiple web-based search facilities;
• transmitting at least a portion of the captured speech as data through a wireless communication facility to a speech recognition facility;
• selecting at least one language model from a plurality of language models based at least in part on information relating to the captured speech;
• receiving, from the speech recognition facility, generated speech-to-text results for the captured speech and a plurality of formatting rules to form a query for a web browser on the mobile communications facility, wherein each formatting rule is associated with a category of content to be searched, and wherein the speech-to-text results are generated based on, at least in part, recognition models adapted from data from a plurality of users, wherein the speech-to-text results include URL usage information configured to enable a user to conduct the search on the mobile communication facility, wherein the URL usage information is included for a plurality of distinct web-based search facilities;
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• providing the speech-to-text results, a plurality of base URLs, and the plurality of formatting rules to a web-based search utilizing a first of multiple web-based search facilities, where results of the search are returned to and cached in the mobile communications facility as a first search result, wherein the plurality of formatting rules include rules to combine speech to-text results with the plurality of base URLs to form a search URL.

A method of searching for web content comprising:

• receiving at least a portion of captured speech as data through a wireless communication facility from a mobile communication facility;
• generating speech-to-text results and a plurality of formatting rules for the captured speech based on, at least in part, recognition models adapted from data from a plurality of users;
• transmitting the speech-to-text results to the mobile communication facility to search for web content on the mobile communications facility using multiple web-based search facilities, wherein the speech-to-text results include URL usage information configured to enable a user to conduct the search on the mobile communication facility, wherein the URL usage information is included for a plurality of distinct web-based search facilities;
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• providing the speech-to-text results, a plurality of base URLs, and the plurality of formatting rules to a web-based search utilizing a first of multiple web-based search facilities, where results of the search are returned to and cached in the mobile communications facility as a first search result, wherein the plurality of formatting rules include rules to combine speech to-text results with the plurality of base URLs to form a search URL;
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• wherein each formatting rule is associated with a category of content to be searched.