Predictive Text Completion For A Mobile Communication Facility

• US 20140181100A1
• Filed: 03/03/2014
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Blue Hills Series 95 of Allied Security Trust I (Allied Security Trust)
• Original Assignee: Millennial Media Incorporated (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ramer, Jorey, Soroca, Adam, Doughty, Dennis
• Granted Patent: US 9,703,892 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/728
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3322 using system suggestions G06F16/3325 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90324 using system suggestions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0236 using selection techniques to select from displayed items
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A system predicts a search query term, wherein the prediction is based at least in part on a plurality of keystrokes entered on a mobile communication facility and wherein the prediction is further based at least in part on information relating to the mobile communication facility and/or its user.

Claims

1. A system for predictive search query completion on a mobile communication facility, the system comprising one or more computers having non-transitory computer readable mediums having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of the one or more computers, causes the system to perform the steps of:

(a) receiving a plurality of keystrokes entered by a user of the mobile communication facility, wherein the plurality of keystrokes represent a partial portion of a first and second complete search query term found in an indexed content of search query terms remote from the mobile communication facility;

(b) identifying the first and second complete search query terms;

(c) determining that the first complete search query term has a greater relevancy to the user than the second complete search query term, wherein the determination is based at least in part on a comparison of relevancy scores derived from a statistical association among data comprising;

(i) the plurality of keystrokes;

(ii) demographic characteristics of the user of the mobile communication facility provided by the user at the time of subscribing with a mobile communications provider, wherein the demographic characteristics include (a) age or birthdate of the user;

(b) gender of the user; and

optionally (c) income bracket of the user;

(iii) a user characteristic relating to the behavior of the user derived from a previous interaction of the user with the mobile communication facility; and

(d) transmitting the first complete search query term to the mobile communication facility.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the data further comprises a current location of the mobile communication facility.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the data further comprises a time of day.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication facility is a cellular phone.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the user characteristic is one of:

(a) shopping habits of the user as recorded through use of the mobile communication facility;

(b) payment and billing history associated with the user of the mobile communication facility;

(c) duration of on-line interactions by the user from using the mobile communication facility;

(d) number of on-line interactions of the user via the mobile communication facility;

(e) usage patterns of the mobile communication facility dependent on location or time of day of use thereof;

(f) type of content accessed by the user via the mobile communication facility; and

(g) previous search queries entered by the user via the mobile communication facility.