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Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 04, 2006
Applicants:

Alan Messer, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Mithun Sheshagiri, Berkeley, CA (US);

Anugeetha Kunjithapatham, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Priyang Rathod, Mountain View, CA (US);

Phuong Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);

Doreen Cheng, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alan Messer, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Mithun Sheshagiri, Berkeley, CA (US);

Anugeetha Kunjithapatham, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Priyang Rathod, Mountain View, CA (US);

Phuong Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);

Doreen Cheng, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30646 (2013.01); G06F 17/30867 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and a system for searching for information using an electronic device, such as a consumer electronic device, that can be connected to a network. Such searching for information involves determining a context for a search for information, forming a search query based on the context of search for information, and performing a contextual search based on the search query. Performing the contextual search further includes performing a query refinement.


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