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Search query predictions by a keyboard

  • US 10,305,828 B2
  • Filed: 04/20/2016
  • Issued: 05/28/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • outputting, by a keyboard application executing at a computing device, for display, a graphical keyboard comprising a plurality of keys and a suggestion region in which suggested words for text entry are displayed, wherein the keyboard application is a stand-alone application or subroutine that is invoked by different applications executing at the computing device at times when the different applications require graphical keyboard input functionality;

    determining, by the keyboard application, based on an indication of a selection of one or more keys from the plurality of keys, text being input using the graphical keyboard;

    identifying, by the keyboard application, based at least in part on the text, a searchable entity including one or more words of the text being input using the graphical keyboard that could be used as a basis for a search;

    generating, by the keyboard application, based on the searchable entity, a search query;

    outputting, by the keyboard application, for display within a search region of the graphical keyboard that replaces the suggestion region of the graphical keyboard, a graphical indication to indicate that the keyboard application generated the search query, wherein the graphical indication includes text of the search query as a suggested query for searching, and wherein the search region of the graphical keyboard is positioned within the graphical keyboard to be between at least some of character keys of the plurality of keys and a text input region of a graphical user interface of a particular application from the different applications that invoked the keyboard application to output the graphical keyboard for display;

    initiating, by the keyboard application, a search based on the search query as at least one of;

    an on-device search, executed by a search application, for search results associated with information stored locally at the computing device;

    or a remote search, executed by the search application, for search results associated with information stored remotely to the computing device.

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