Patent ID: 8171237

Claim:
A method for associating primary process data with reference data over a network, comprising: employing a server device to access primary process data that is provided by a primary process data device and that is associated with a first time that comprises a time at which the primary process data was obtained; employing the server device to access reference data that is provided by a reference data collector device and that is associated with a second time that comprises a time at which the reference data was obtained and is substantially near the first time, wherein the reference data is unassociated with the primary process data upon access of the primary process data; employing the server device to associate the primary process data with a shared identifier; employing the server device to associate the reference data with the shared identifier; employing the server device to automatically associate the primary process data with the reference data based at least in part on the shared identifier, the first time, and the second time; and modifying the primary process data to include at least a portion of the reference data, wherein the primary process data includes a search query, the reference data represents a location substantially near where the search query was submitted, and modifying the primary process data to include at least a portion of the reference data comprises adjusting search results of the search query based on the location substantially near where the search query was submitted, and further the primary process data device is separate from the reference data collection device.