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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Christopher Scott Linn, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John M. Hörnkvist, Cupertino, CA (US);
Steven Jon Falkenburg, Los Altos, CA (US);
Vipul Ved Prakash, San Francisco, CA (US);
David Salim, Milpitas, CA (US);
Keith Stattenfield, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus of a device that performs a search using a plurality of application states is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the device receives a plurality of application states from a plurality of applications running on a device. The device further creates an index of the plurality of application states. In addition, the device receives a query to search for data stored on the device. Furthermore, the device searches the plurality of application states using the index and the query. The device additionally determines a match for the query of one of the plurality of the application states and returns the match for the matching application state.