Google New Patent Indicates An Extensive Mobile Portal

Sanketh | May 29, 2007 | View Comments

A recent patent app filed by Google indicates plans for enhanced local searches via mobile devices. Not a surprise though.

The services are like Search for a restaurant via portal, and then dial from one click, get a map, or use Google GPS for direction. Keywords, maps, GPS coordinates, use same results in a different location etc

The abstract of the patent application says:

A computer-implemented method is disclosed that includes receiving on a mobile device a search query associated with a geographic location, providing one or more search results in response to the search query, the search results each being associated with a geographic location, and presenting on a graphical display of the computing device icons corresponding to each search result and also corresponding to a key on the computing device.

I’m looking forward to this, because it adds more functionality to the existing mobile search.
Do you think this move by Google will increase usability of mobile search?
If you want to know more details, read this blog post by Russel Shaw