Delegated search of content in accounts linked to social overlay system
    1.
    发明授权
    Delegated search of content in accounts linked to social overlay system 有权
    委派在与社交覆盖系统相关联的帐户中搜索内容

    公开(公告)号:US09183305B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-11-10

    申请号:US11765288

    申请日:2007-06-19

    申请人: Donald F. Fischer

    发明人: Donald F. Fischer

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30

    CPC分类号: G06F17/30867 G06F17/30554

    摘要: The present invention provides a federated search tool and search methods that consolidate searches to external online accounts of a user and other people that are part of the user's social network. In some embodiments, the search tool is presented as a single search box that may appear persistently on the user's desktop display or as a toolbar embedded within another application. The search tool may be embedded as part of web page. Embodiments of the present invention may provide the results in a simple real-time display stack or a static result list, such as a web page. Blocks in the stack may indicate a result and the context of the result, such as which online account originated the result, whether the result is from a linked external accounts of people associated with the user, pointers to people and groups the user has linked to, an age of the result, and the like. The present invention may also permit the user to search the Internet generally, such as well known search engines, and to search the contents of their local machine, such as documents, emails, pictures, and the like. In addition, the present invention allows searches to be performed asynchronously to various linked external online account sites and then provides these results as they arrive.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种联合搜索工具和搜索方法,其将搜索整合到用户和作为用户的社交网络的一部分的其他人的外部在线帐户。 在一些实施例中,搜索工具被呈现为单个搜索框,其可以持续地出现在用户的桌面显示器上或作为嵌入在另一个应用程序内的工具栏。 搜索工具可能嵌入网页的一部分。 本发明的实施例可以在简单的实时显示堆栈或诸如网页的静态结果列表中提供结果。 堆栈中的块可以指示结果和结果的上下文(例如哪个在线帐户产生结果)是否结果来自与用户相关联的人的链接的外部帐户,指向用户已经链接到的人和组的指针 ,结果的年龄等。 本发明还可以允许用户通常搜索诸如众所周知的搜索引擎的互联网,并且搜索其本地机器的内容,例如文档,电子邮件,图片等。 此外,本发明允许与各种链接的外部在线帐户站点异步地执行搜索,然后在它们到达时提供这些结果。

    DELEGATED SEARCH OF CONTENT IN ACCOUNTS LINKED TO SOCIAL OVERLAY SYSTEM
    2.
    发明申请
    DELEGATED SEARCH OF CONTENT IN ACCOUNTS LINKED TO SOCIAL OVERLAY SYSTEM 有权
    与社会覆盖系统相关的帐目内容搜索

    公开(公告)号:US20080319943A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-12-25

    申请号:US11765288

    申请日:2007-06-19

    申请人: Donald F. Fischer

    发明人: Donald F. Fischer

    IPC分类号: G06F7/10

    CPC分类号: G06F17/30867 G06F17/30554

    摘要: The present invention provides a federated search tool and search methods that consolidate searches to external online accounts of a user and other people that are part of the user's social network. In some embodiments, the search tool is presented as a single search box that may appear persistently on the user's desktop display or as a toolbar embedded within another application. The search tool may be embedded as part of web page. Embodiments of the present invention may provide the results in a simple real-time display stack or a static result list, such as a web page. Blocks in the stack may indicate a result and the context of the result, such as which online account originated the result, whether the result is from a linked external accounts of people associated with the user, pointers to people and groups the user has linked to, an age of the result, and the like. The present invention may also permit the user to search the Internet generally, such as well known search engines, and to search the contents of their local machine, such as documents, emails, pictures, and the like. In addition, the present invention allows searches to be performed asynchronously to various linked external online account sites and then provides these results as they arrive.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种联合搜索工具和搜索方法,其将搜索整合到用户和作为用户的社交网络的一部分的其他人的外部在线帐户。 在一些实施例中,搜索工具被呈现为单个搜索框,其可以持续地出现在用户的桌面显示器上或作为嵌入在另一个应用程序内的工具栏。 搜索工具可能嵌入网页的一部分。 本发明的实施例可以在简单的实时显示堆栈或诸如网页的静态结果列表中提供结果。 堆栈中的块可以指示结果和结果的上下文(例如哪个在线帐户产生结果)是否结果来自与用户相关联的人的链接的外部帐户,指向用户已经链接到的人和组的指针 ,结果的年龄等。 本发明还可以允许用户通常搜索诸如众所周知的搜索引擎的互联网,并且搜索其本地机器的内容,例如文档,电子邮件,图片等。 此外,本发明允许与各种链接的外部在线帐户站点异步地执行搜索,然后在它们到达时提供这些结果。