Mobile search service instant activation
View Patent ↗In embodiments of the present invention a computer-implemented method and system of activating a mobile search service on a mobile communication facility includes providing a user interface associated with a display of the mobile communication facility that simultaneously presents and activates a search box concurrently with activating the mobile communication facility by a user thereof, wherein activation of the search box does not require any button selection beyond that associated with activating the mobile communication facility.
1. A mobile communication facility having a computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors of the mobile communication facility, causes the one or more processors to activate a mobile search service on the mobile communication facility by performing the step of:
providing a user interface associated with a display of the mobile communication facility that simultaneously presents and activates a search box concurrently with activating the mobile communication facility by a user thereof, wherein activation of the search box does not require any button selection beyond that associated with activating the mobile communication facility, wherein the mobile communication facility is a cellular phone.
2. The mobile communication facility of claim 1 , wherein the user interface includes a phone mode.
3. The mobile communication facility of claim 1 , wherein the search box is a network search box.
4. The mobile communication facility of claim 1 , wherein the search box is a wireless carrier's walled garden content search box.
5. The mobile communication facility of claim 1 , wherein the search box is related to a search vertical.
6. The mobile communication facility of claim 5 , wherein the search vertical is a general search.
7. The mobile communication facility of claim 1 , wherein activation of the search box is substantially instantaneous.
8. The mobile communication facility of claim 1 , wherein activation of the mobile communication facility comprises turning it on.
9. The mobile communication facility of claim 1 , wherein the mobile communication facility is a folding phone, wherein the activation of the folding phone is an opening thereof.
10. The mobile communication facility of claim 1 , wherein the activation of the mobile communication facility is a screensaver trigger.
11. The mobile communication facility of claim 1 , wherein the activation of the mobile communication facility is an action that turns off a screensaver.
12. The mobile communication facility of claim 1 , wherein the step of concurrently activating the mobile communication facility and search box comprises activating them substantially at the same time.
13. The mobile communication facility of claim 1 , wherein the step of concurrently activating the mobile communication facility and the search box comprises activating them in close temporal proximity.
14. The mobile communication facility of claim 1 , wherein the step of concurrently activating the mobile communication facility and the search box comprises activating them within 5 seconds of one another.
15. The mobile communication facility of claim 1 , wherein the presentation of the search box is in conjunction with another user interface feature of the mobile communication facility.
16. The mobile communication facility of claim 1 , wherein the activation of the mobile communication facility is tapping the user interface thereof or pressing a button of the mobile communication facility.
17. A system for activating a mobile search service on a mobile communication facility, the system comprising:
a central processing unit (CPU), and at least one memory; and
a user interface associated with a display of the mobile communication facility that simultaneously presents and activates a search box concurrently with activating the mobile communication facility by a user thereof, wherein activation of the search box does not require any button selection beyond that associated with activating the mobile communication facility, wherein the mobile communication facility is a cellular phone.
18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the activation of the mobile communication facility is tapping the user interface thereof or pressing a button of the mobile communication facility.
19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the activation of the mobile communication facility comprises turning it on.
20. A mobile communication facility having a computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors of the mobile communication facility, causes the one or more processors to activate a mobile search service on the mobile communication facility by performing the step of:
providing a user interface associated with a display of the mobile communication facility that simultaneously presents and activates a search box concurrently with activating the mobile communication facility by a user thereof, wherein the activation of the mobile communication facility comprises turning on the mobile communication facility by the user, wherein the mobile communication facility is a cellular phone.