Patent ID: 7636779

Claim:
A mobile device that is operative to manage a mobile search over a network, comprising: a memory component for storing data; and a processing component for executing data that enables actions, including: collecting vitality information that includes a content of a calendar for a user of the mobile device and a current mood of the user of the mobile device provided, in part, through a mood avatar; collecting additional social networking information that includes at least an aggregated mood of a predefined group of social networking members; modifying the vitality information to further include a current location of the mobile device; automatically selecting and displaying a list of applications based on the additional social networking information, including the aggregated mood for the group, and modified vitality information, the list of applications including a contextual-search application; receiving a search query from the mobile device user; automatically modifying the search query based on the vitality information to generate a context based search request; sending the context based search request over the network; and receiving for display on the mobile device a context based search response that is based in part on the vitality information and the search query.