SHARING MOBILE SEARCH RESULTS
First Claim
1. A system to provide a search service for finding and sharing online content, the system being arranged toreceive a search query from a user on a mobile device,send search results to a user'"'"'s mobile device,prompt the user to select one or more items from the search results to be published, andpublish the selected item or items.
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Abstract
At least some embodiments of this invention provide for an easy way to share mobile content found as a result of searching and/or browsing on the Internet. Aspects of the invention provides software, systems (meaning software and hardware to run the software) or an exchange of signals with users to provide a mobile content service. Other related aspects provide methods for providing or using such a search service. According to one aspect there is provided a system to provide a search service for finding and sharing online content, the system being arranged to receive a search query from a user on a mobile device, send search results to a user'"'"'s mobile device, prompt the user to select one or more items from the search results to be published, and publish the selected item or items. Publishing includes sending the selected item or items to a recipient associated with a share link configured by a user, to a user'"'"'s public stream of results which is visible to any user, to a user'"'"'s private stream which is visible only to the user or to nominated friends and/or as an electronic greeting to another user. The system may also be arranged to provide to a user sending instructions explaining how to publish the selected search results to a third party recipient using the messaging function of the mobile device but not to send the sending instructions to the third party recipient without the sending instructions.
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30 Claims
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1. A system to provide a search service for finding and sharing online content, the system being arranged to
receive a search query from a user on a mobile device, send search results to a user'"'"'s mobile device, prompt the user to select one or more items from the search results to be published, and publish the selected item or items.
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19. A method of providing a search service for finding and sharing online content, the method comprising
receiving a search query from a user on a mobile device, sending search results to a user'"'"'s mobile device, prompting the user to select one or more items from the search results to be published, and publishing the selected item or items.
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20. A method of using a search service for finding and sharing online content, the method comprising
accessing search results provided by the search service, interacting with the search service to select one or more items from the search result to be published, and causing the search service to publish the selected item.
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21. A system to provide a search service for finding and sharing online content, the system being arranged to
send search results to a user, prompt the user to select one or more items from the search results, and make the selected item or items publicly available as being recommended by the user.
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22. A method of using a search service, the method comprising
sending a search query, receiving search results, selecting one or more items from the search results, and causing the service to make the selected item or items publicly available as being recommended by the user.
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23. A system to provide a search service for finding and sharing online content, the system being arranged to
send search results to a user, prompt the user to select one or more items from the search results, and make the selected item or items privately available.
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24. A method of using a search service, the method comprising
sending a search query, receiving search results, selecting one or more items from the search results, and causing the service to make the selected item or items privately available.
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25. A system to provide a search service for finding online content, the system being arranged to
send search results to a user, prompt the user to select one or more items from the search results, and incorporate the selected item or items into an electronic greeting, for sending to another person.
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26. A method of using a search service, the method comprising
sending a search query, receiving search results, selecting one or more items from the search results, and causing the service to incorporate the selected items into an electronic greeting, and causing the electronic greeting to be sent to another person
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27. A system to provide a search service for finding and sharing online content, the system being arranged to
receive a search query from a user on a mobile device, detect whether or not the user has configured at least one share link which is associated with at least one recipient with whom the user may wish to share a search item result, prompt a user to configure at least one share link if none are detected and store the at least one share link in a database in the system, send search results to a user'"'"'s mobile device with the search results being augmented with a list of share links to prompt a user to select at least one share link, and send the selected item or items to the at least one recipient associated with the selected share link.
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28. A method of using a search service for finding and sharing online content, the method comprising
sending a search query from a mobile device, configuring, in response to a prompt from the search service, at least one share link which is associated with at least one recipient with whom a search item result may be shared, receiving search results augmented with a list of share links, selecting one or more items from the search results selecting at least one share link, and causing the search service to send the selected item or items to the at least one recipient associated with the selected share link.
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29. A system to provide a search service for finding and sharing online content, the system being arranged to
receive a search query from a user on a mobile device, send search results to a user'"'"'s mobile device, prompt the user to select one or more items from the search results, send to the user sending instructions explaining how to send the selected search item to a third party recipient using the messaging function of the mobile device, and send the selected item or items to the third party recipient without the sending instructions.
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