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Method and system for facilitating information searching on electronic devices

US8200688B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. · KR

Inventors

Alan Messer · Los Gatos, US
Doreen Cheng · San Jose, US
Anugeetha Kunjithapatham · Sunnyvale, US
Phuong Nguyen · Thousand Oaks, US
Priyang Rathod · Mountain View, US
Mithun Sheshagiri · Palo Alto, US
Simon J. Gibbs · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 4, 2008
Grant date	Jun 12, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 3, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N21/6125
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for facilitating information searching for a user of an electronic device is provided. Facilitating searches involves obtaining information about the user interests, identifying potential data of interest to the user, extracting data related to said data of interest to the user, and collecting the extracted related data for presentation to the user on the device.

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