Search system utilzing purchase history

Abstract

A method for providing a purchase history context search includes receiving at least one search term from a user through an input device. A purchase history for the user is then accessed from at least one purchase history database over a network. A web index that is located on at least one storage device is then accessed. A plurality of search results, each associated with a web page indexed by the web index, are then determined using the at least one search term and the purchase history, each search result including a link to an associated web page. The plurality of search results are then provided for display on a display device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A user-specific context search result system, comprising:
 an input device;   a display device;   a non-transitory memory system storing a calendar of a user; and   one or more hardware processors coupled to the input device, the display device, and the non-transitory memory system, wherein the one or more hardware processors are configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory system to perform the steps of:
 receiving, through the input device, at least one search term from the user; 
 accessing, from at least one calendar database, the calendar of the user; 
 accessing, on at least one storage device, a search index; 
 determining, using the at least one search term and information included in the calendar of the user, a plurality of search results that are each associated with a respective network destination that is indexed by the search index and that each include a respective link to the respective network destination; and 
 providing, on the display device, the plurality of search results for display. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are configured to read instructions from the memory system to perform the steps of:
 accessing the at least one calendar database through a network.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of search results is determined using a calendar item that is included in the calendar of the user and that is associated with a future date. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the at least one of the plurality of search results that is determined using the calendar item includes a merchant that is associated with a location that is included in the calendar item. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of search results is determined using a plurality of calendar items that are included in the calendar of the user and that are each associated with a common location. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the plurality of calendar items are each associated with the common location during different time periods in the calendar of the user. 
     
     
         7 . A method for providing user-specific context search results, comprising:
 receiving, by a search device through an input device, a search query from a user;   accessing, by the search device from at least one schedule database, a schedule of the user;   accessing, by the search device on at least one search provider system, a search provider database;   determining, by the search device using the search query and information included in the schedule of the user, a plurality of search results that are each associated with a respective network location that is stored in the search provider database and that each include a respective pointer to that respective network location; and   providing, by the search device on a display device, the plurality of search results for display.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the search device accesses the at least one schedule database locally on a storage device that is included in the search device. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the search device accesses the at least one schedule database through a network. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein at least one of the plurality of search results is determined using a schedule item that is included in the schedule of the user and that is associated with a future date. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the at least one of the plurality of search results that is determined using the schedule item includes a merchant that is associated with a location that is included in the schedule item. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein at least one of the plurality of search results is determined using a plurality of schedule items that are included in the schedule of the user and that are each associated with a common location. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the plurality of schedule items are each associated with the common location during different time periods in the schedule of the user. 
     
     
         14 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-readable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, are adapted to cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
 receiving, through an input device, search instructions from a user;   accessing, from at least one planning database, a plurality of dated plans of the user;   accessing, on at least one storage system, a search database;   determining, using the search instructions and information included in the plurality of dated plans of the user, a plurality of search results that are each associated with a respective network address that is included in the search database and that each include a respective selectable display element that directs to that respective network address; and   providing, on a display device, the plurality of search results for display.   
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 14 , wherein the method further comprises:
 accessing the at least one planning database locally on a storage device.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 14 , wherein the wherein the method further comprises:
 accessing the at least one planning database through a network.   
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 14 , wherein at least one of the plurality of search results is determined using at least one of the plurality of dated plans that is associated with a future date. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 17 , wherein the at least one of the plurality of search results that is determined using the at least one of the plurality of dated plans includes a merchant that is associated with a location that is included in the at least one of the plurality of dated plans. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 14 , wherein at least one of the plurality of search results is determined using two or more of the plurality of dated plans that are each associated with a common location. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 19 , wherein the two or more of the plurality of dated plans are each associated with the common location during different time periods.