SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE WITH CONTEXTUAL SEARCH RESULT FILTERING CAPABILITY

摘要

A graphical user interface has an input element for receiving from a user a search criteria to be submitted to a server device having an associated search engine and an associated repository of items wherein each item in the repository of items is cross-referenced to one or more contextual filters and wherein the one or more contextual filters correspond to sensor obtained data. As the user provides the search criteria, the system functions to dynamically and automatically suggest to the user within the graphical user interface one or more of the contextual filters from the repository of items as a function of the search criteria being provided and data obtained from one or more sensors resident on the computing device. In response to the search criteria being finally submitted as a search request, the search engine is caused to use the search criteria to locate within the repository of items one or more items and, thereafter, to filter the located one or more items as a function of the selected one or more of the suggested contextual filters. The filtered one or more items are returned as a search result.