Method and system for addressing the problem of discovering relevant services and applications that are available over the internet or other communications network
First Claim
1. A method of providing relevant information to a mobile device over a wireless communication link, comprising:
- searching a searchable index by comparing a context of the mobile device to calendar attributes and/or geographic attributes of stored snippets, the context of the mobile device including a current location of the mobile device or a location where the mobile device is located on a specified date, the searchable index including a searchable data structure that stores the stored snippets, each of the stored snippets being extracted from a web resource, each of the snippets including one or more searchable attributes of the web resource with which the snippet is respectively associated, the calendar attribute of a snippet specifying when additional information in the snippet is applicable and the geographic attribute of a snippet specifying where the additional information in the snippet is applicable;
identifying snippets stored in the searchable data structure based at least in part on a match between the context of the mobile device and the calendar attributes and/or the geographic attributes of the stored snippets; and
delivering at least some of the identified snippets to the mobile device or a display device associated with the mobile device.
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Abstract
A system and method is presented that extracts snippets form web pages according to specially designed logic. The extracted snippets might be made relevant to, i.e., indexed by, a location and time/day applicability. Such snippets may be thought of as apps or services that are defined only when a mobile terminal is in a pre-defined geographical area at a certain time and day (e.g., as defined by a calendar of events). Extracted snippets are stored and made searchable. Methods and a system are described to control the display of snippet search results. Snippets may be selected by user or by programmed logic and executed on the mobile terminal or in remote servers without the need to download the app or source code associated with the snippet.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of providing relevant information to a mobile device over a wireless communication link, comprising:
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searching a searchable index by comparing a context of the mobile device to calendar attributes and/or geographic attributes of stored snippets, the context of the mobile device including a current location of the mobile device or a location where the mobile device is located on a specified date, the searchable index including a searchable data structure that stores the stored snippets, each of the stored snippets being extracted from a web resource, each of the snippets including one or more searchable attributes of the web resource with which the snippet is respectively associated, the calendar attribute of a snippet specifying when additional information in the snippet is applicable and the geographic attribute of a snippet specifying where the additional information in the snippet is applicable; identifying snippets stored in the searchable data structure based at least in part on a match between the context of the mobile device and the calendar attributes and/or the geographic attributes of the stored snippets; and delivering at least some of the identified snippets to the mobile device or a display device associated with the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of providing relevant information to a mobile device over a wireless communication link, comprising:
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searching a searchable index by comparing a context of the mobile device to searchable attributes of stored snippets, the context of the mobile device including a plurality of attributes of the mobile device, the searchable index including a searchable data structure that stores the stored snippets, each of the stored snippets being extracted from a web resource, the searchable attributes of each stored snippet being obtained from the web resource from which the stored snippet is respectively extracted; identifying snippets stored in the searchable data structure based at least in part on a match between the context of the mobile device and the searchable attributes of the stored snippets; and delivering at least some of the identified snippets to the mobile device or a display device associated with the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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