Integrated context-driven information search and interaction
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having an integration software module stored thereon that when executed on a processor is configured to cause the processor to:
- provide an integrated data connection between a webpage and a social network, the integration software module further configured to cause an automatic search for data relevant to a portion of content of the webpage selected by a user, wherein the integration software module behaves at least in part according to a third-party custom software cartridge that modifies a behavior of the integration software module to take actions in addition to search, including at least two of changing search results font, downloading files, presenting a user interface on a target webpage, accessing a database, acquiring user input, and playing multimedia files; and
a display area integrated with the webpage and configured by the integration software module to display search results generated by the integration software module.
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Abstract
A method and a device are disclosed including an integrated connection between a Social Business Network (SBN) and a webpage configured to provide context-based relevant information about content and/or metadata associated with the webpage. A SBN provides business-oriented information in a social networking environment. In some embodiments, SBN connection automatically provides information about the webpage'"'"'s owner, or is used used or to start a conversation with another user. In still other embodiments, the SBN connection may retrieve information from external sources such as Facebook®, web, and databases associated with the SBN, including prior relevant conversations, project information, participant information, articles, historical data, and the like. In various embodiments, the SBN connection is in the form of a browser plugin component, which may be enhanced by custom software cartridges developed by customers of SBN to dynamically alter the behavior or add functionality to the SBN plugin component.
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18 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having an integration software module stored thereon that when executed on a processor is configured to cause the processor to:
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provide an integrated data connection between a webpage and a social network, the integration software module further configured to cause an automatic search for data relevant to a portion of content of the webpage selected by a user, wherein the integration software module behaves at least in part according to a third-party custom software cartridge that modifies a behavior of the integration software module to take actions in addition to search, including at least two of changing search results font, downloading files, presenting a user interface on a target webpage, accessing a database, acquiring user input, and playing multimedia files; and a display area integrated with the webpage and configured by the integration software module to display search results generated by the integration software module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having an integration software module stored thereon and configured for communication that when executed on a processor causes the processor to:
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use an integration software module to provide an integrated data connection between a webpage and a social network, the integrated data connection configured to automatically deliver data relevant to the webpage based on a portion of content of the webpage selected by a user, wherein the integration software module behaves at least in part according to a third-party custom software cartridge that modifies a behavior of the integration software module to take actions in addition to search, including at least two of changing search results font, downloading files, presenting a user interface on a target webpage, accessing a database, acquiring user input, and playing multimedia files; and display the delivered data on the webpage. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of communication comprising:
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employing an integration software module to provide an integrated data connection between a webpage and a social network, the integrated data connection configured to automatically deliver data relevant to the webpage based on a portion of content of the webpage selected by a user, wherein the integration software module behaves at least in part according to a third-party custom software cartridge that modifies a behavior of the integration software module to take actions in addition to search, including at least two of changing search results font, downloading files, presenting a user interface on a target webpage, accessing a database, acquiring user input, and playing multimedia files; and establishing a communication path between a first user and second user by using the webpage based on a request from the first user viewing the webpage, wherein the second user is not associated with the webpage. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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