Context-aware applications and methods

1 . A computer-implemented method for providing an application with data corresponding to a context-related query, comprising:

performing a first action related to a first application;

determining a context-related data result related to the first action;

providing the context-related data result to a second application; and

processing the context-related data result by the second application to perform a second action.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein providing the context-related data result to the second application comprises:

populating an application context cache with data corresponding to a user context, the data including the context-related data related to the first action;

detecting an activation of the second application; and

prefilling the second application with the context-related data result from the application context cache.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein providing the context-related data result to the second application comprises:

formatting the context-related data result for compatibility with the second application;

activating a third application in communication with the second application;

performing the second action from the second application; and

populating the third application with data related to the formatted context-related data result.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the second application is a contact list application and the third application is a dialer application.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , further comprising performing a third action from the third application in response to populating the third application with data related to the formatted context-related data result.

6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , further comprising:

populating the second application with the formatted context-related data result; and

performing the third action by selecting the formatted context-related data result.

7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the second application and the third application are the same application.

8 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting a user context related to the activation of the second application; and

populating the second application with the context-related data result in response to detecting the user context.

9 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first application is a browser application and the second application is a phone dialer application.

10 . A bridge application system, comprising:

a context monitoring module that detects an action related to a first application;

a plug-in module that searches the first application for context-related data corresponding to the action; and

a native application interface that outputs the context-related data to the second activated application.

11 . The bridge application system of claim 10 , further comprising a rules engine that includes one or more rules that establishes context-based search criteria for the plug-in module.

12 . The bridge application system of claim 10 , wherein the plug-in module stores the context-related data in an application context cache.

13 . The bridge application system of claim 12 , further comprising a pre-trigger module that selects the context-related data from the application context cache and pre-fills the second application with the context-related data in response to the context monitoring module detecting a launching of the second application.

14 . The bridge application system of claim 10 , wherein the plug-in module formats the context-related data for compatibility with the second application, and outputs the formatted context-related data to the second application.

15 . The bridge application system of claim 14 , wherein the plug-in module outputs the formatted context-related data to the second application in response to the context monitoring module detecting an activation of the second application.

16 . The bridge application system of claim 10 , wherein the native application interface populates the second application with the context-related data received from the plug-in module in response to the context monitoring module detecting an activation of the second application.

17 . A computer-implemented method for providing context-related data from a web browser to a native mobile device application, comprising:

searching a website from a web browser;

activating a mobile device application;

retrieving context-related contents from the website; and

populating the mobile device application with a result of the retrieved context-related contents.

18 . The computer-implemented method of claim 17 , wherein populating the mobile device application with the result of the retrieved context-related contents comprises:

storing the retrieved context-related contents in an application context cache;

detecting the activation of the mobile device application; and

prefilling the mobile device application with the result of the retrieved context-related contents stored in the application context cache.

19 . The computer-implemented method of claim 17 , wherein populating the mobile device application with the result of the retrieved context-related contents comprises:

creating a contact record that includes the result; and

adding the contact record to a contact list corresponding to the mobile device application.

20 . The computer-implemented method of claim 17 , wherein populating the mobile device application with the result of the retrieved context-related contents comprises:

detecting the activation of the mobile device application; and

populating the mobile device application with the result in response to detecting the activation of the mobile device application.