Patent ID: 8397037

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, at a server device, a first search query from a primary process data device; receiving, at the server device, a first location from a reference data collector device, wherein the first location is substantially near the primary process data device when the first search query was submitted; generating, at the server device, a first association between the first search query and the first location; receiving, at the server device, a second search query from the primary process data device and a second location from the reference data collector device, wherein the reference data collector device was removed from and then returned to the first location after receiving the first location, wherein the second location is substantially near the first location; and employing the server device to generate search results based on the second search query, the second location, and the first association, wherein the search results are different than if the search query were submitted but the first association had not been generated.