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Contextual quick-picks

  • US 10,303,732 B2
  • Filed: 07/14/2017
  • Issued: 05/28/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising:

  • at a local device, while a search query is being formulated by a user in a search box displayed at the local device, automatically displaying, separate from the search query, a set of one or more selected quick-picks, wherein the set of one or more selected quick-picks includes one or more images and is selected based, at least in part, on a current context associated with displayed content in one or more applications executing on the local device;

    receiving, at the local device, user input that selects a particular image from the one or more images;

    in response to receiving, at the local device, the user input that selects the particular image from the one or more images, adding as one or more separate terms to the search query in the search box displayed at the local device, one or more search terms that correspond to the particular image selected by the user, and allowing the search query, including the one or more separate terms that correspond to the particular image selected by the user, to continue to be formulated by the user in the search box displayed at the local device prior to the search query being submitted for processing;

    receiving, at the local device, additional user input that deselects the particular image from the set of one or more selected quick-picks; and

    in response to receiving, at the local device, the additional user input that deselects the particular image, automatically removing, from the search query being formulated by the user in the search box displayed at the local device, the one or more search terms that correspond to the particular image, and allowing the search query to continue to be formulated by the user in the search box displayed at the local device prior to the search query being submitted for processing;

    wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

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