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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2015
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Mihal Lazaridis, Waterloo, CA;
Joseph Eytan Benedek, Thornhill, CA;
Karthigesu Niranjan, Ottawa, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A method performed by a mobile communications device, including: populating a central database on the device with a title for each of a plurality of software modules installed on the device and associating each title with its software module; populating the central database with at least one keyword associated with each of the plurality of software modules and associating each keyword with its software module; receiving at the device a search query; displaying at the device a search result identifying at least one of the software modules installed on the device having either a title or one or more associated keywords matching the search query; and in response to receiving at the device a selection of a software module identified in the search result, activating the selected software module.