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Method and apparatus for context based querying

  • US 6,976,017 B1
  • Filed: 02/27/2002
  • Issued: 12/13/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer implemented context-based retrieval method, comprising:

  • storing information associated with subscribers and usable to determine contexts associated with an information request;

    receiving from a requester an information request including identifying information associated with the requester;

    comparing the requester identifying information to the information associated with subscribers to determine whether the requester is one of the subscribers for which information has been stored;

    determining a context for the information request when it is determined that the requester is one of the subscribers for which information has been stored, wherein the context is determined based at least in part on the information associated with subscribers, including at least one of incoming calls to the requester and outgoing calls by the requester; and

    providing the requester with a response to the information request, the response selected from stored contact information based on a condition associated with the determined context for the request.

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