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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 07', 'Application No. 07763187', 'Application No. 07763187', 'Application No. 2008', 'Application No. 2008', 'Application No. 200780004502', 'Application No. 200780004502', 'Application No. 200780004502', 'Application No. 200780004502']

US8484378B2 - Receiving a version-specific result responsive to a query - Google Patents
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US8484378B2
US8484378B2 US13/113,640 US201113113640A US8484378B2 US 8484378 B2 US8484378 B2 US 8484378B2 US 201113113640 A US201113113640 A US 201113113640A US 8484378 B2 US8484378 B2 US 8484378B2
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2006-02-02 Priority to US11/346,094 priority Critical patent/US7991891B2/en
2011-05-23 Priority to US13/113,640 priority patent/US8484378B2/en
2011-09-15 Publication of US20110225190A1 publication Critical patent/US20110225190A1/en
2013-07-09 Publication of US8484378B2 publication Critical patent/US8484378B2/en
This patent application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/346,094 titled “VERSION-SPECIFIC CONTENT SEARCHING” which was filed on Feb. 2, 2006 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,991,891 on Aug. 2, 2011, and which is expressly incorporated herein by reference.
sending, from a user computer system to a search system, a search query for product information, wherein:
the search query identifies a software product installed on the user computer system,
the search system includes a repository that stores a variety of product information comprising product-specific information for the software product, and
the product-specific information for the software product includes general content applicable to multiple versions of the software product and version-specific content applicable to particular versions of the software product;
transmitting, from the user computer system to the search system, a persistent descriptor that includes version information for the software product based on a detected version of the software product installed on the user computer system; and
receiving, at the user computer system from the search system, a search result provided in response to the search system interrogating the repository based on the search query and the version information for the software product included in the persistent descriptor, wherein:
the search result includes a version-specific subset of the product-specific information for the software product which is limited to general content that is applicable to the detected version of the software product installed on the user computer system and specific content that is applicable to the detected version of the software product installed on the user computer system.
presenting, on the user computer system, a user interface displaying the search result limited to the version-specific subset of the product-specific information for the software product.
the user interface indicates that the search result was provided according to a search scope specific to the detected version of the software product installed on the user computer system, and
the user interface provides an option to select additional versions of the software product to include in the search scope.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the user interface indicates that additional content is available for presentation, the additional content including at least one of:
product-specific information for the software product which is nonspecific to the detected version of the software product installed on the user computer system, and
product information for a related product that complements the software product installed on the user computer system.
receiving, by the user computer system, a request from the search system for the persistent descriptor.
receiving, by the user computer system, a version detection module from the search system if the user computer system does not have the persistent descriptor;
collecting, by the user computer system via the version detection module, the version information for the software product;
transmitting, from the user computer system to the search system, the version information for the software product; and
receiving, by the user computer system from the search system, the persistent descriptor that includes the version information for the software product.
presenting, on the user computer system, a user interface comprising a registration section to be completed before the version information for the software product is collected via the version detection module.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the persistent descriptor comprises a cookie file.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the software product is at least one of a productivity software program and an operating system software program.
10. A computer-readable storage device storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause a computing device to perform a computer-implemented method comprising:
sending, from the computing device to a search system, a search query for product information, wherein:
the search query identifies a software product installed on the computing device,
transmitting, from the computing device to the search system, a persistent descriptor that includes version information for the software product based on a detected version of the software product installed on the computing device; and
receiving, at the computing device from the search system, a search result provided in response to the search system interrogating the repository based on the search query and the version information for the software product included in the persistent descriptor, wherein:
the search result includes a version-specific subset of the product-specific information for the software product which is limited to general content that is applicable to the detected version of the software product installed on the computing device and specific content that is applicable to the detected version of the software product installed on the computing device.
11. The computer-readable storage device of claim 10, further storing computer-executable instructions for:
presenting, on the computing device, a user interface displaying the search result limited to the version-specific subset of the product-specific information for the software product.
12. The computer-readable storage device of claim 11, wherein:
the user interface indicates that the search result was provided according to a search scope specific to the detected version of the software product installed on the computing device, and
13. The computer-readable storage device of claim 11, wherein the user interface indicates that additional content is available for presentation, the additional content including at least one of:
product-specific information for the software product which is nonspecific to the detected version of the software product installed on the computing device, and
product information for a related product that complements the software product installed on the computing device.
14. The computer-readable storage device of claim 10, further storing computer-executable instructions for:
receiving, by the computing device, a request from the search system for the persistent descriptor.
15. The computer-readable storage device of claim 14, further storing computer-executable instructions for:
receiving, by the computing device, a version detection module from the search system if the computing device does not have the persistent descriptor;
collecting, by the computing device via the version detection module, the version information for the software product;
transmitting, from the computing device to the search system, the version information for the software product; and
receiving, by the computing device from the search system, the persistent descriptor that includes the version information for the software product.
presenting, on the computing device, a user interface comprising a registration section to be completed before the version information for the software product is collected via the version detection module.
17. The computer-readable storage device of claim 10, wherein the persistent descriptor comprises a cookie file.
18. The computer-readable storage device of claim 10, wherein the software product is at least one of a productivity software program and an operating system software program.
memory storing computer-executable instructions for performing a computer-implemented method comprising:
a detection module executed by processing unit that detects the version of the software product installed on the computing device and that collects the version information for the software product.
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