Packaged mobile search results
First Claim
1. A query server arranged to provide a mobile search service, and arranged to respond to a search query by fetching search results corresponding to the search query, the query server being arranged to prepare a package containing more than one page defined by a mark up language, the pages containing the search results, and send the package to a mobile device, across a wireless network, for presentation by a browser running on the mobile device capable of selectively presenting the pages.
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Abstract
A query server (50) provides a mobile search service, by fetching search results corresponding to the search query (180), preparing (200) a package (261) containing more than one page defined by a mark up language, and sending the package to a mobile device (10), across a wireless network (20). A browser (15) running on the mobile device presents the pages. A user can browse the results with a conventional browser quickly without having to wait for each page to be downloaded over the network, and without having to download and run a custom application. Having page boundaries in the search results, rather than having all the results in a single page, can reduce laborious scrolling, reduce the number of clicks needed to find an item of interest, or enable more items to be sent and browsed.
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20 Claims
- 1. A query server arranged to provide a mobile search service, and arranged to respond to a search query by fetching search results corresponding to the search query, the query server being arranged to prepare a package containing more than one page defined by a mark up language, the pages containing the search results, and send the package to a mobile device, across a wireless network, for presentation by a browser running on the mobile device capable of selectively presenting the pages.
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11. A method of providing a mobile search service in response to a search query, having the steps of:
- fetching search results corresponding to the search query, preparing a package containing more than one page defined by a mark up language, the pages containing the search results, and sending the package across a wireless network to a mobile device, for presentation by a browser running on the mobile device capable of selectively presenting the pages.
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20. A method of using a mobile search service having the steps of:
- sending a search query to the mobile search service, receiving at a browser running on a mobile device, a package containing more than one page defined by a mark up language, the pages containing search results corresponding to the search query, and using the browser to selectively present the pages.
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