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Search extension capabilities to third-party applications

A capability and search package technology, applied in the direction of multi-program installation, inter-program communication, software deployment, etc., can solve the problem of no search capability expansion, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2016-01-13
APPLE INC
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Because many applications installed on multifunction devices are third-party applications, conventional operating systems installed on multifunction devices do not extend their search capabilities to these third-party applications

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[0029] Various embodiments and aspects of the disclosure will be described with reference to the following detailed discussion, and the accompanying drawings will illustrate the various embodiments. The following description and drawings are illustrative of the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the present disclosure. Numerous specific details are described to provide a thorough understanding of various embodiments of the invention. However, in certain instances, known or conventional details are not described in order to provide a concise discussion of embodiments of the invention.

[0030] Certain portions of the following detailed description will be presented in terms of algorithms involving operations on data stored in computer memory. An algorithm is generally a self-consistent sequence of operations leading to a desired result. These operations generally require or involve physical manipulations of physical quantities. Usually, though not nece...

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At least certain embodiments of the present disclosure include a method to extend search capabilities to third party applications installed on a device. In one embodiment, records associated with a third party application are indexed in a process isolated from other third party applications installed on the device using a search plugin specific to the third party application. Furthermore, the indexed records can be searched in response to a user search query without invoking the third party application.

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[0001] related application [0002] This application claims the benefit of US Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 321,764, filed April 7, 2010, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety. [0003] When the prototype of Apple's iPhone 4 was apparently stolen from an Apple engineer on March 25, 2010, the invention disclosed and claimed in this application was prematurely disclosed without Apple's authorization. The US priority application on which this application is based had not been filed prior to this apparent theft. technical field [0004] The present disclosure relates to third-party applications that extend search capabilities to computing devices. Background technique [0005] Currently, many applications have been developed to run on multifunctional devices, such as cellular phones including media players, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and the like. Many of these applications are provided by sources other than the vendor of the multifunction device...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F9/44
CPCG06F9/54G06F8/60
Inventor 爱德华·T·施密特戈登·J·弗里德曼本杰明·S·菲利普斯大卫·拉哈特贾
Owner APPLE INC