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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
May. 11, 2011
Zhiguo Wu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zonghuan Wu, Cupertino, CA (US);
George Vanecek, Jr., Madison, WI (US);
Zhiguo Wu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zonghuan Wu, Cupertino, CA (US);
George Vanecek, Jr., Madison, WI (US);
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A client device comprising a search module configured to receive a search instruction from a federated search server, query one or more search services based on the search instruction, receive a first search result that comprises one or more search results from one or more search services, send the first search result to the federated search server, and receive a second search result from the federated search server. Also disclosed is a federated search server comprising a search instruction generator configured to send a search instruction to a client device, and a search result consolidator configured to receive a first search result from the client device, wherein the first search result comprises one or more search results and is obtained by the client device from one or more search services.