Patent ID: 8326831

Claim:
A computer-readable medium having executable instructions to show search results based on a badge, the executable instructions, when executed by a device, causing the device to perform acts comprising: requesting a search based on a query associated with said badge and also based on a context that exists at a time at which said search is requested, said badge having been earned by a user of said device based on behavior of said user, said badge having been assigned to said user based on having been earned by said user, said badge being shared, by said user, with users other than said user, said search being requested automatically based on said query associated with said badge, said request being initiated without intervention from said user; receiving, from a search provider, results based on said search; determining that display of said results has been triggered; and displaying said results on said device, said displaying being triggered either by movement of said device, availability of a high quality result, location of friends of said user, or passage of time, said results being displayed with an indication of said badge.