Patent ID: 9223874
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. At least one non-transitory, machine-accessible storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions when executed on a machine, cause the machine to: identify that a first user computing device is collocated with a second user computing device based on detecting physical proximity of the second user computing device with the first user computing device over a wireless communication channel; send an invitation over the wireless communication channel for delivery to the first user computing device, wherein the invitation invites the first user computing device to join a collaborative search session with the second user computing device based on the collocation of the first and second user computing devices; and determine a first one of a plurality of search contexts to be used by the second user computing device within the collaborative search session, wherein the first user computing device is to use a second, different one of the plurality of search contexts during the collaborative search session, and presentations of search results within the collaborative search session are to be organized according to the first search context on the second user computing device and organized according to the second search context on the first user computing device.