System and method for event triggered search results

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9754284-B2
Application number	US-201414284639-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2014
Priority date	May 22, 2014
Publication date	Sep 5, 2017
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed is a system and method for displaying search results upon the occurrence or detection of an event and/or time-delay. The present provides a user with the ability to view search results upon satisfaction of an event trigger or specified time delay (e.g., a rule). The disclosed systems and methods enable features that allow a user to link a search query and/or a set or sets of results for the search query to a trigger, whereby upon detection and satisfaction of such trigger, the search (and/or related results) are displayed. Such trigger can be associated with, but not limited to, a calendar event, to-do list item, location, a product or contact person, among other types of event based information events.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a computing device, search information and event data, said event data comprising a trigger indicating an event associated with a user, said search information comprising data associated with a search for digital content and a result of the search for the digital content;
associating, via the computing device, the search information with the event data, said association comprising embedding said search information with said event data;
storing, in a memory, the event data;
determining, via the computing device, a context associated with said stored event data;
searching, via the computing device, a database associated with a third party content provider for a digital media item matching said context;
determining, via the computing device, when an external event corresponds to the event data; and
based on said determination, communicating the event data and the digital media item to the user, said communication of the event data causing the embedded search information to also be communicated to the user.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said search information is received from the user.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said external event comprises an activity of said user.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said external event comprises temporal data.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said external event is a future event.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said search information corresponding to the search for digital content comprises a search query.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein said communication further comprises performing said search query to produce search results upon detection of the external event.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
performing, via the computing device, said search query to produce said search results, said performing occurring upon reception of said search information, wherein said associated search information comprises said search results.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein said communication of the stored event data is communicated to said user in accordance with an application, said search information caused to be displayed within a window associated with the application.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a fee structure for said digital media item based on said event data.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein said fee structure is based upon a type of event that triggers said communication.

Assignees

• Excalibur Ip Llc

Inventors

• Harrison Beverly
• Perl Sophia Thitirat
• Wu Tingyi
• Wai Conrad

Classifications

• G06Q30/0252 Primary

  based on events or environment, e.g. weather or festivals · CPC title

• G06Q30/0256

  User search · CPC title

• G06F16/951

  Indexing; Web crawling techniques · CPC title

• G06F16/00

  Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor · CPC title

• G06Q30/02

  Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising · CPC title