Content search engine

• US 20090248670A1
• Filed: 03/31/2008
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seven Networks LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Seven Networks Inc
• Inventors: Fiatal, Trevor
• Application Number:
  US12/080,142
• Publication Number:
  US 20090248670A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles

Abstract

Search constraint specific searching for content from a mobile device is disclosed. Following a mobile device generated request for content, a content server provides for the search of content on a network service or personal computer. The search for content may occur directly through the content server or via a connector application. An index engine parses and lists structured and unstructured content, which may be responsive to the search request. The content server or a proxy then provides a sub-set of the search results, that subset corresponding to both the mobile device generated request for content and a search constraint such as mobile device capabilities or network service provider limitations.

Claims

1. A system for searching content comprising:

a mobile device configured to generate a search request to be processed by a content server;

a content source including a database of content; and

a content server configured to receive search requests from the mobile device, the content server further configured to generate search requests to be processed by the content source, wherein a response to the search request corresponds to a search constraint.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the search constraint includes a network service provider policy.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the search constraint includes a mobile device capability.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the content source is a network service including an index engine configured to parse content at the network service.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the content source is a personal computer including an index engine configured to parse content in a database.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the content server is further configured to reformat content from the content source such that content corresponds to a limitation of the search constraint.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a proxy configured to execute a premium service search.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a proxy configured to execute a geographically localized search.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a proxy configured to execute a dedicated search.

10. A method for searching for content comprising:

processing a mobile device generated request for content at a content server;

requesting a content source to identify content corresponding to the search request generated by the content server, wherein the mobile device generated search request corresponds to the content server generated search request;

receiving search results responsive to the content server generated search request at the content server;

identifying search results responsive to the content server generated search request that correspond to a search constraint; and

providing a sub-set of the search results responsive to the content server generated search request to the mobile, wherein the sub-set of the search results corresponds to both the mobile device generated request for content and the search constraint.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the search constraint includes a network service provider policy.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the search constraint includes mobile device capabilities.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the identification of search results responsive to the content server generated search request occurs at a proxy.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising indexing content at the content source to generate search results responsive to the content server generated search request.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein indexing content includes indexing of unstructured content.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein indexing content includes indexing of structured content.

17. A computer readable storage medium having thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor for performing a method for searching content, the method comprising:

processing a mobile device generated request for content at a content server;

requesting a content source to identify content corresponding to the search request generated by the content server, wherein the mobile device generated search request corresponds to the content server generated search request;

receiving search results responsive to the content server generated search request at the content server;

identifying search results responsive to the content server generated search request that correspond to a search constraint; and

providing a sub-set of the search results responsive to the content server generated search request to the mobile, wherein the sub-set of the search results corresponds to both the mobile device generated request for content and the search constraint.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the search constraint includes a network service provider policy.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the search constraint includes mobile device capabilities.