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Persistent contextual searches

A technology of context and search results, applied in the direction of instrumentation, computing, electrical digital data processing, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-04-03
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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Someone searching for "restaurants" may want to get an overview of restaurants, but it's more likely that the person is looking for restaurants nearby

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[0013] As people increasingly use mobile devices to access information, people often hope that their mobile devices can predict the information they want to see. The traditional search method is to let people call a search application (for example, by visiting the website of a search engine) and explicitly enter a search query. However, search has evolved to support scenarios other than explicit search. In particular, search can be seen as a way of describing what information to look for, provided that the basic information and the context in which it is requested are constantly changing.

[0014] Local search represents a scene of changing information and changing context. For example, a user searching for a Spanish restaurant might enter the query "Spanish food." However, the response to this query may depend on both the user's current situation (e.g., his or her location) and the current status of the merchant directory listing existing merchants. The response depends on th...

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A badge may be assigned to a person, where the badge represents a characteristic or recurrent behavior of the person. A query may be associated with a badge, and the query may be continually used in a search request in combination with the person's context, thereby allowing the person to be continually provided with fresh results that may be relevant to the person's durable characteristics and current context. In one example, the person carries a handheld device, and the results are presented to the user on the user's desktop or lock screen. The act of providing the results may be triggered in various ways, such as movement of the person who carries the device, or the availability of sufficiently high-quality results.

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Background technique [0001] Many searches are based on context. A person searching for "restaurants" may want to get an overview of the restaurant, but the person is more likely to be looking for a nearby restaurant. In this example, the context associated with the search is the location where the search is ongoing. Although someone can perform any type of contextual search, people tend to search for the same thing over and over again in a predictable way. For example, people who like Chinese restaurants may often search for Chinese restaurants. If the person signs up to the online service and obtains appropriate permission for his search and other activities to be explored, the service may infer the person’s affinity with the Chinese restaurant and may assign the person as a way of specifying the person’s affinity Virtual "Chinese restaurant" sign. [0002] Markers (or another type of expression of someone's closeness and interests) can be used in a variety of ways, for examp...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30G06F3/0484
CPCG06F16/9537
Inventor B.H.A.y.阿卡斯S.劳勒S.V.费恩
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC