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State-dependent Query Response

  • US 20120036151A1
  • Filed: 09/30/2011
  • Published: 02/09/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer program product tangibly embodied in one or more computer-readable storage media and comprising instructions that when executed by a processor perform operations comprising:

  • receiving, by a computing device, user input that defines a search query, and providing the search query to a server system that is remote from the computing device;

    receiving, by the computing device, information that a search engine system at the server system determined was responsive to the search query;

    identifying, by the computing device, that the computing device is in a first state, and in response, selecting a first output mode that is for audibly outputting at least a portion of the information, wherein the first output mode is selected from a collection that comprises the first output mode and a second output mode, wherein the second output mode is selected in response to the computing device being in a second state and is for visually outputting at least the portion of the information and not audibly outputting the at least portion of the information; and

    audibly outputting, by the computing device and as a result of the identifying, at least the portion of the information.

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