US 9,754,284 B2Granted

System and method for event triggered search results

AssigneeExcalibur IP, LLC

InventorsBeverly Harrison, Sophia Thitirat Perl, Tingyi Wu, Conrad Wai

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Abstract

Disclosed is a system and method for displaying search results upon the occurrence or detection of an event and/or time-delay. The present provides a user with the ability to view search results upon satisfaction of an event trigger or specified time delay (e.g., a rule). The disclosed systems and methods enable features that allow a user to link a search query and/or a set or sets of results for the search query to a trigger, whereby upon detection and satisfaction of such trigger, the search (and/or related results) are displayed. Such trigger can be associated with, but not limited to, a calendar event, to-do list item, location, a product or contact person, among other types of event based information events.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

receiving, at a computing device, search information and event data, said event data comprising a trigger indicating an event associated with a user, said search information comprising data associated with a search for digital content and a result of the search for the digital content;
associating, via the computing device, the search information with the event data, said association comprising embedding said search information with said event data;
storing, in a memory, the event data;
determining, via the computing device, a context associated with said stored event data;
searching, via the computing device, a database associated with a third party content provider for a digital media item matching said context;
determining, via the computing device, when an external event corresponds to the event data;
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based on said determination, communicating the event data and the digital media item to the user, said communication of the event data causing the embedded search information to also be communicated to the user.

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