SEARCHING MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES USING A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE

摘要

A system and a method are disclosed for a search manager included in a mobile computing device. The search manager receives search text and a selection of one or more data sources and determines whether the selected data source include data matching, or similar to, the received search text. The search manager may dynamically modify a search database identifying data sources to be searched as data is received from a data source. Additionally, the search manager may communicate received search text to one or more applications stored by the mobile computing device, allowing an application to initiate an action using the search text. The search manager may also receive data from external sources identifying alternate search terms based on received search text.