Abstract: In example implementations, dialog keywords are extracted from a dialog of participants as a search query. The dialog keywords represent primary concepts of the dialog. The search query is modified based on a personalized profile of a participant generated from at least a contextual information source regarding the participant other than prior search queries made by the participant. The modified search query is evaluated against an information store to retrieve search results relevant to the modified search query, and the search results output to the participant.

Abstract: In example implementations, dialog keywords are extracted from a dialog of participants as a search query. The dialog keywords represent primary concepts of the dialog. The search query is modified based on a personalized profile of a participant generated from at least a contextual information source regarding the participant other than prior search queries made by the participant. The modified search query is evaluated against an information store to retrieve search results relevant to the modified search query, and the search results output to the participant.

Abstract: In example implementations, dialog keywords are extracted from a dialog of participants as a search query. The dialog keywords represent primary concepts of the dialog. The search query is modified based on a personalized profile of a participant generated from at least a contextual information source regarding the participant other than prior search queries made by the participant. The modified search query is evaluated against an information store to retrieve search results relevant to the modified search query, and the search results output to the participant.

Abstract: In example implementations, a personalized profile of a user is generated from at least a contextual information source regarding the user other than prior search queries from the user. An information store is searched using a search query that is modified based on the personalized profile of the user that has been generated.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, a method for managing delivery of electronic messages includes receiving an electronic message, the electronic message having an intended recipient, and analyzing the electronic message to determine a priority for the electronic message. The method further includes determining, based on the determined priority for the electronic message; whether to deliver the electronic message to the intended recipient at the current time. If it is determined, based on the determined priority for the electronic message, that the electronic message should be delivered to the intended recipient at the current time, delivery of the electronic message to the intended recipient is initiated.

Abstract: An electronic map device apparatus, and an associated method, creates a route between a route source and a route destination for display at the electronic map device. Locations, area, and features that a user does not desire to encounter during travel along the route are identified and form exclusion information. The exclusion information is entered by way of a user interface. The exclusion information is utilized in the formation of the selected route. A mapping that identifies the selected route is displayed at a display device of the user interface.

Abstract: An apparatus, and an associated method, detects spam and other fraudulent messages sent to a recipient station. The textual portion of a received message is analyzed to determine whether the message includes errors made by non-native language speakers when authoring a text message. A text analysis engine analyzes the text using rules sets that identify grammatical errors made by non-native language speakers, usage errors made by non-native language speakers, and other errors.

Abstract: Plural characteristics of text documents are extracted, where the plural characteristics include citations to or from other text documents and at least one other characteristic. At least one of the text documents is a patent. Each of the text documents is associated with a corresponding collection of the plural characteristics. An output is generated using the collections of the plural characteristics, where the output indicates relationships among at least a subset of the text documents including the patent based on the collections of the plural characteristics.

Abstract: An apparatus, and an associated method, detects spam and other fraudulent messages sent to a recipient station. The textual portion of a received message is analyzed to determine whether the message includes errors made by non-native language speakers when authoring a text message. A text analysis engine analyzes the text using rules sets that identify grammatical errors made by non-native language speakers, usage errors made by non-native language speakers, and other errors.

Abstract: An electronic map device apparatus, and an associated method, creates a route between a route source and a route destination for display at the electronic map device. Locations, area, and features that a user does not desire to encounter during travel along the route are identified and form exclusion information. The exclusion information is entered by way of a user interface. The exclusion information is utilized in the formation of the selected route. A mapping that identifies the selected route is displayed at a display device of the user interface.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, a method for managing delivery of electronic messages includes receiving an electronic message, the electronic message having an intended recipient, and analyzing the electronic message to determine a priority for the electronic message. The method further includes determining, based on the determined priority for the electronic message; whether to deliver the electronic message to the intended recipient at the current time. If it is determined, based on the determined priority for the electronic message, that the electronic message should be delivered to the intended recipient at the current time, delivery of the electronic message to the intended recipient is initiated.