Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Crowdsourcing application history search
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Application No.: US15056697Application Date: 2016-02-29
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Publication No.: US10394839B2Publication Date: 2019-08-27
- Inventor: Vipul Ved Prakash , John M. Hörnkvist , Steven Jon Falkenburg , David Salim , Christopher Scott Linn , Keith Stattenfield , Lun Cui
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
- Main IPC: G06F16/00
- IPC: G06F16/00 ; G06F16/248 ; G06F16/22 ; G06F16/2455 ; G06F16/9535

Abstract:
A method and apparatus of a device that selects an application state for use in a multi-device search is described. In this embodiment, the device detects, on the device, that the application state has been selected as a query result for a device-level search on that device. The device further transmits the application state to a server, wherein the application state is to be indexed with other application states from other devices.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160357871A1 CROWDSOURCING APPLICATION HISTORY SEARCH Public/Granted day:2016-12-08
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