Processing and sending search results over a wireless network to a mobile device
First Claim
1. A method of responding to a search query across a wireless network, having the steps of obtaining content summaries of search results relating to the search query, preparing a package for presentation by a mobile device, and having a number of the content summaries extending over a number of screenviews for a screen of the mobile device, and having hyperlinks for intra-package navigation by a user between screenviews of different parts of the package, to enable the content summaries to be browsed without requiring more query and response operations across the wireless network, the method having the further step of sending the package to the mobile device over the wireless network.
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Abstract
A search query is received over a wireless network (20), from a mobile device (10), and a response involves obtaining content summaries of search results relating to the search query, preparing a hypertext page for presentation by the mobile device. The page has a number of the content summaries extending over a number of screenviews. The page has an overview and has hyperlinks for intra-page navigation by a user between screenviews of different parts of the page. The page is sent to the mobile device over the wireless network to enable the content summaries to be browsed without requiring one or more further query and response operations across the wireless network. This can reduce the number of query response operations, by providing more information than the conventional one page annotated list, and presenting the information for easier browsing. The user can then download a selected content item over the network.
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20 Claims
- 1. A method of responding to a search query across a wireless network, having the steps of obtaining content summaries of search results relating to the search query, preparing a package for presentation by a mobile device, and having a number of the content summaries extending over a number of screenviews for a screen of the mobile device, and having hyperlinks for intra-package navigation by a user between screenviews of different parts of the package, to enable the content summaries to be browsed without requiring more query and response operations across the wireless network, the method having the further step of sending the package to the mobile device over the wireless network.
- 13. A method of searching over a wireless network having the steps of sending a search query to a server, receiving at a mobile device a package having a number of content summaries of search results related to the search query, extending over a number of screenviews for a screen of the mobile device, and having hyperlinks for intra-package navigation between screenviews of different parts of the package, and the method having the steps of using the mobile device to present a screenview of a part of the package and using the hyperlinks to cause the mobile device to present different screenviews to browse the content summaries without requiring one or more further query and response operations across the wireless network.
- 15. A method of responding to a search query across a wireless network, having the steps of obtaining content summaries of search results relating to the search query, preparing a package for presentation by a mobile device having a number of the content summaries extending over a number of screenviews for a screen of the mobile device, at least some of the content summaries being arranged for display one per screenview, for a user to browse the content summaries without requiring one or more further query and response operations across the wireless network, the method having the further step of sending the package to the mobile device over the wireless network.
- 17. A method of responding to a search query across a wireless network, having the steps of obtaining content summaries of search results relating to the search query, preparing a package for presentation by a mobile device having a number of the content summaries extending over a number of screenviews for a screen of the mobile device, and an overview screenview, for a user to browse the content summaries without requiring one or more further query and response operations across the wireless network, the method having the further step of sending the package to the mobile device over the wireless network.
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20. A method of providing a search front end service over a wireless network between a user and a search provider, the method having the steps of receiving a search query from the user, selecting a search provider, sending a corresponding query to the selected search provider, receiving from the search provider a package for presentation by a mobile device having a number of the content summaries extending over a number of screenviews for a screen of the mobile device, and having hyperlinks for intra-package navigation by a user between screenviews of different parts of the package, to enable the content summaries to be browsed without requiring one or more further query and response operations across the wireless network, the method having the further step of sending the package to the mobile device over the wireless network.
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