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Granted Patent B2
US 8,819,659 · App. 13/074,103 · Granted Aug 26, 2014

Mobile search service instant activation

Inventors: Jorey Ramer (Cambridge, MA); Adam Soroca (Cambridge, MA); Dennis Doughty (Brookline, MA)
Assignee: Millennial Media, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,819,659
App. No.
13/074,103
Granted
Aug 26, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

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.

Claims (24)

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.

Assignments (10)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2024
From: BLUE HILLS, SERIES 95 OF ALLIED SECURITY TRUST I
To: LEMON INC.
Reel/Frame 069192/0515 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded May 10, 2022
From: YAHOO AD TECH LLC
To: BLUE HILLS, SERIES 95 OF ALLIED SECURITY TRUST I
Reel/Frame 059925/0354 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 22, 2022
From: VERIZON MEDIA INC.
To: YAHOO AD TECH LLC
Reel/Frame 059471/0902 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 13, 2020
From: MILLENNIAL MEDIA LLC
To: OATH (AMERICAS) INC.
Reel/Frame 051928/0851 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 13, 2020
From: OATH (AMERICAS) INC
To: VERIZON MEDIA INC.
Reel/Frame 051929/0086 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 16, 2016
From: MILLENNIAL MEDIA, INC.
To: MILLENNIAL MEDIA LLC
Reel/Frame 038129/0283 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 29, 2016
From: RAMER, JOREY; SOROCA, ADAM; DOUGHTY, DENNIS
To: JUMPTAP, INC.
Reel/Frame 037956/0038 →
RELEASE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 26, 2015
From: SILICON VALLEY BANK
To: MILLENNIAL MEDIA, INC.; JUMPTAP, INC.; NEPTUNE MERGER SUB I, INC.; NEPTUNE MERGER SUB II, LLC
Reel/Frame 036953/0276 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 25, 2014
From: MILLENNIAL MEDIA, INC.
To: SILICON VALLEY BANK
Reel/Frame 034455/0867 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2014
From: JUMPTAP, INC.
To: MILLENNIAL MEDIA, INC.
Reel/Frame 032198/0897 →
Continuity (49)
Continuation 11553659 · Oct 27, 2006
Continuation In Part 11553746 · Oct 27, 2006
Continuation 11553713 · Oct 27, 2006
Continuation 11553569 · Oct 27, 2006
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Continuation 11553567 · Oct 27, 2006
Continuation In Part 11422797 · Jun 7, 2006
Continuation In Part 11383236 · May 15, 2006
Continuation In Part 11382696 · May 10, 2006
Continuation In Part 11382262 · May 8, 2006
Continuation 11382260 · May 8, 2006
Continuation 11382257 · May 8, 2006
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Continuation In Part 11414740 · Apr 27, 2006
Continuation 11414168 · Apr 27, 2006
Continuation 11413273 · Apr 27, 2006
Continuation In Part 11387147 · Mar 21, 2006
Continuation In Part 11355915 · Feb 16, 2006
Continuation 11347842 · Feb 3, 2006
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Continuation 11337112 · Jan 19, 2006
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Continuation 11336432 · Jan 19, 2006
Continuation 11337234 · Jan 19, 2006
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Continuation 11335904 · Jan 19, 2006
Continuation 11335900 · Jan 18, 2006
Continuation In Part 11281902 · Nov 16, 2005
Continuation 11282120 · Nov 16, 2005
Continuation 11274884 · Nov 14, 2005
Continuation 11274905 · Nov 14, 2005
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Continuation 11271164 · Nov 11, 2005
Continuation 11268671 · Nov 5, 2005
Continuation 11267940 · Nov 5, 2005
Provisional Application 60785242 · Mar 22, 2006
Provisional Application 60717151 · Sep 14, 2005
Provisional Application 60720193 · Sep 23, 2005
Provisional Application 60731991 · Nov 1, 2005
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