Patent ID: 8548974
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of providing Internet search results to a user on a mobile platform, the method performed by at least one controller computer in communication with a mobile computing system of the platform, the method comprising: receiving search terms from the user via a web portal of the mobile computing system; obtaining an identification of the platform as to a fleet that includes the platform and obtaining a departure location for the platform and a destination of the platform, the obtaining performed by the at least one controller computer accessing a ground-based fleet information source; identifying a search marketplace for the user based on at least one of the following: (a) the destination of the platform, (b) the departure location for the platform, and (c) a destination to which the user is traveling that is different from the destination of the platform, (d) without requiring the user to input the information used to identify the marketplace; selecting one of a plurality of search engines, the selecting performed by the at least one controller computer using the identified search marketplace and a database in which the plurality of search engines are associated with a plurality of search marketplaces, the database configured to provide for selection of a search engine from the plurality of search engines on at least a geographic basis; submitting the search terms to the selected search engine; and using the platform identification to return one or more search results received from the selected search engine to the user.