System and method for operation control functionality

• US 20070011145A1
• Filed: 08/02/2005
• Published: 01/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Snyder, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US11/195,909
• Publication Number:
  US 20070011145A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Systems and methods applicable, for instance, in operation control functionality. For example, a node and/or other computer might maintain one or more node information arrays, might provide some or all of one or more node information arrays to other nodes and/or other computers, and/or might receive some or all of one or more node information arrays from other nodes and/or other computers. Node information arrays might, for example, be employed in a number of ways. For instance, a node and/or other computer might employ some or all of maintained node information arrays and/or some or all of received node information arrays in making one or more determinations regarding its operation. One or more search operations might, for example, be performed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

consulting location information corresponding to a node;

receiving, in accordance with the location information, one or more search plugins; and

employing one or more of the search plugins in performing one or more searches regarding a location corresponding to the location information.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising consulting non-location contextual information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein some or all of the received search plugins are received in accordance with some or all of the non-location contextual information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the location corresponding to the location information is a shopping mall.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the location corresponding to the location information is a transport hub.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the location corresponding to the location information is one or more of a housing location, an office building, and a professional building.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising consulting one or more node information arrays.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising receiving from one or more remote nodes some or all of one or more node information arrays corresponding to the remote nodes.

9. A method, comprising:

providing to a user, via a map display, search hit indicators, wherein the search hit indicators are placed on the map display in accordance with geographical information; and

receiving, from the user, one or more requests for further information regarding one or more search hits,

wherein a first set of the search hit indicators corresponds to search hit results yielded by a first search plugin, and

wherein a second set of the search hit indicators corresponds to search hit results yielded by a second search plugin.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein some or all of the search hit plugins are selected for employment in view of contextual information.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein one or more of the search hit indicators have corresponding keypad buttons.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein one or more of the keypad buttons may be pressed by the user to request further information regarding one or more search hits.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving the geographical information.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the first search plugin and the second search plugin perform different searches.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the first search plugin and the second search plugin access different search engines.

16. A system, comprising:

a memory having program code stored therein; and

a processor disposed in communication with the memory for carrying out instructions in accordance with the stored program code;

wherein the program code, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform;

consulting location information corresponding to a node;

receiving, in accordance with the location information, one or more search plugins; and

employing one or more of the search plugins in performing one or more searches regarding a location corresponding to the location information.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor further performs consulting non-location contextual information.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein some or all of the received search plugins are received in accordance with some or all of the non-location contextual information.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the location corresponding to the location information is a shopping mall.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the location corresponding to the location information is a transport hub.

21. The system of claim 16, wherein the location corresponding to the location information is one or more of a housing location, an office building, and a professional building.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the processor further performs consulting one or more node information arrays.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the processor further performs receiving from one or more remote nodes some or all of one or more node information arrays corresponding to the remote nodes.

24. A system, comprising:

a memory having program code stored therein; and

a processor disposed in communication with the memory for carrying out instructions in accordance with the stored program code;

wherein the program code, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform;

providing to a user, via a map display, search hit indicators, wherein the search hit indicators are placed on the map display in accordance with geographical information; and

receiving, from the user, one or more requests for further information regarding one or more search hits,

wherein a first set of the search hit indicators corresponds to search hit results yielded by a first search plugin, and

wherein a second set of the search hit indicators corresponds to search hit results yielded by a second search plugin.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein some or all of the search hit plugins are selected for employment in view of contextual information.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein one or more of the search hit indicators have corresponding keypad buttons.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein one or more of the keypad buttons may be pressed by the user to request further information regarding one or more search hits.

28. The system of claim 24, wherein the processor further performs receiving the geographical information.

29. The system of claim 24, wherein the first search plugin and the second search plugin perform different searches.

30. The system of claim 24, wherein the first search plugin and the second search plugin access different search engines.