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Contextual mobile local search based on social network vitality information

  • US 8,005,906 B2
  • Filed: 05/08/2008
  • Issued: 08/23/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method to manage a search over a network, comprising:

  • receiving, from a client device, vitality information that includes at least a location of the client device and a mood of a user of the client device;

    employing the vitality information including the location and a time of day associated with the client device to determine a social networking context;

    receiving, from a server device, social networking information that includes at least an aggregated mood of a predefined group of social networking members; and

    automatically selecting and displaying a list of applications based on the social networking information, including the aggregated mood for the group, the vitality information, and a user input, wherein the list of applications includes a contextual-search application that performs actions, including;

    while receiving portions of a search input request;

    performing a social networking context based search using the received portions of the search input request and the determined social networking context; and

    providing at least one result of the social networking context based search to the client device.

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