METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONDUCTING A SEARCH BASED ON CONTEXT
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Abstract
An approach is provided for enabling a search to be performed based on the context of the requesting user. A query processing platform receives a query from a user at a device. The platform then determines to select and then transmit the query to one or more other users based on context information associated with the user or the device, a relevancy of the one or more other users to the query, or a combination thereof.
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52 Claims
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1-32. -32. (canceled)
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33. A method comprising:
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receiving a query from a user at a device; determining to select one or more other users based, at least in part, on context information associated with the user or the device, a relevancy of the one or more other users to the query, or a combination thereof; and determining to transmit the query to respective devices of the one or more other users. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following, receive a query from a user at a device; determine to select one or more other users based, at least in part, on context information associated with the user or the device, a relevancy of the one or more other users to the query, or a combination thereof; and determine to transmit the query to respective devices of the one or more other users. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A computer program product including one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the steps:
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receiving a query from a user at a device; determining to select one or more other users based, at least in part, on context information associated with the user or the device, a relevancy of the one or more other users to the query, or a combination thereof; and determining to transmit the query to respective devices of the one or more other users. - View Dependent Claims (52)
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