Context based data searching
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1. A system for facilitating data searching over a network, the system comprising:
- a server device including a processor and a memory, wherein the server device is operable to communicate with a user via a user device over the network, and is further operable to receive a search request from the user via the user device over the network, to process the search request by identifying a context chain related to the user based on information passed with the search request and by using the context chain to obtain a result in response to the search request, and to provide the result; and
a database, including hardware, that stores information including the context chain related to the user, wherein the context chain includes a plurality of contexts that are publishing spaces in which interpretation of the search request takes place by using content published to the publishing spaces by publishers of different viewpoints, and wherein the server device is further operable to examine contexts in the context chain in a last-in-first-out order in which the most recently added contexts to the context chain are examined before earlier added contexts.
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Abstract
Data searching over a network is facilitated. A search request is received from a user device via the network. The search request includes information related to the user device. The search request is processed by identifying a context chain related to the user device based on information passed with the search request. The context chain is an array of contexts. Contexts are added to and subtracted from the context chain dependent upon communications received from the user device. The search request is responded to by providing at least one search result to the user device. The search result is obtained from at least one context in the plurality of contexts.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for facilitating data searching over a network, the system comprising:
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a server device including a processor and a memory, wherein the server device is operable to communicate with a user via a user device over the network, and is further operable to receive a search request from the user via the user device over the network, to process the search request by identifying a context chain related to the user based on information passed with the search request and by using the context chain to obtain a result in response to the search request, and to provide the result; and a database, including hardware, that stores information including the context chain related to the user, wherein the context chain includes a plurality of contexts that are publishing spaces in which interpretation of the search request takes place by using content published to the publishing spaces by publishers of different viewpoints, and wherein the server device is further operable to examine contexts in the context chain in a last-in-first-out order in which the most recently added contexts to the context chain are examined before earlier added contexts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for facilitating data searching over a network, the method comprising:
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receiving a search request from a user device via the network, wherein the search request includes information related to the user device; processing the search request by identifying a context chain related to the user device based on the information and by using the context chain to obtain a search result in response to the search request, wherein the context chain includes a plurality of contexts that are publishing spaces in which interpretation of the search request takes place by using content published to the publishing spaces by publishers of different viewpoints, wherein the processing the search request includes; examining contexts in the context chain in a last-in-first-out order in which the most recently added contexts to the context chain are examined before earlier added contexts, and wherein at least one context of the context chain is independently searchable with respect to other contexts of the context chain; and providing the search result to the user device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transient computer-readable medium comprising a plurality of computer-executable instructions stored therein, wherein the computer-executable instructions comprise:
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instructions to receive a search request from a user device via a network, wherein the search request includes information related to the user device; instructions to process the search request by identifying a context chain related to the user device based on the information and by using the context chain to obtain a search result in response to the search request, wherein the context chain includes a plurality of contexts that are publishing spaces in which interpretation of the search request takes place by using content published to the publishing spaces by publishers of different viewpoints, wherein the instructions to process the search request include; instructions to examine contexts in the context chain in a last-in-first-out order in which the most recently added contexts to the context chain are examined before earlier added contexts, and wherein at least one context of the context chain is independently searchable with respect to other contexts of the context chain; and instructions to provide the search result to the user device. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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