Patent ID: 8626197

Claim:
A method for linking information from a mobile telephony device with an electronic file, comprising: performing, by a computer device, an operation on an electronic file; while performing the operation on the electronic file, determining, by the computer device, that a mobile telephony device is in direct wireless communication with the computer device from a location proximate to the computer device; determining, by the computer device, contextual information about the mobile telephony device relating to the operation being performed by the computer device; linking, by the computer device, the contextual information with the electronic file on the computer device; storing, by the computer device, the electronic file and the contextual information linked with the electronic file in a memory device, wherein the memory device stores a plurality of electronic files; receiving an input comprising some of the contextual information; searching the memory device based on the input; and presenting results of the searching, wherein the results identify the electronic file.