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ENABLING CLUSTERED SEARCH PROCESSING VIA TEXT MESSAGING

  • US 20080275864A1
  • Filed: 08/02/2007
  • Published: 11/06/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for searching data, comprising:

  • receiving from a requesting device, a search request text message that includes a search term and an identifier of the requesting device;

    obtaining a plurality of categories of search results, wherein each category is ordered by relevance to at least the search term, and wherein each search result within each category is ordered by relevance to at least the search term; and

    transmitting to the requesting device, an initial result text message that comprises a quantity of characters not greater than a predefined quantity of message characters that are allowed for a character-limited messaging protocol, and wherein the initial result text message includes;

    a most relevant search result of a most relevant category;

    a user instruction for requesting a subsequent result text message; and

    a selectable link to a web page of the plurality of categories of search results.

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