Updating content pages with suggested search terms and search results

• US 10,497,041 B1
• Filed: 02/01/2017
• Issued: 12/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: A9.com (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Brinck, Tom, Amacker, Matthew
• Primary Examiner(s): Choi, Yuk Ting
• Application Number:
  US15/421,493
• Time in Patent Office: 1,035 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90324 using system suggestions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0625 Directed, with specific intent or strategy
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments of systems and methods for asynchronously updating content pages with suggested search terms and search results. In one embodiment at least one character from a search term user interface element is received and suggested search terms are generated. At least one search result associated with the at least one suggested search term is retrieved from an electronic repository, and the content page is asynchronously updated with additional data about the search result retrieved from the electronic repository.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating, in at least one computing device, a content page having a search term user interface element;

receiving, in the at least one computing device, at least one character from the search term user interface element, the at least one character corresponding to a search for an item in an electronic repository;

generating, in the at least one computing device, at least one suggested search term corresponding to the at least one character;

retrieving, from the electronic repository, at least one search result associated with the at least one suggested search term;

asynchronously updating the content page, by the at least one computing device, with a suggested search term user interface element, the suggested search term user interface element displaying the at least one suggested search term and at least two of a plurality of images corresponding to the at least one search result;

receiving at least one navigation input corresponding to user input on an input device;

asynchronously updating the suggested search term user interface element to reflect the at least one navigation input, wherein asynchronously updating the suggested search term user interface element further comprises highlighting at least one of the at least two of the plurality of images as a selected image in response to the at least one navigation input; and

asynchronously updating the search term user interface element to reflect the at least one navigation input by enlarging the selected image.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising asynchronously updating the content page with a product detail user interface element with information about the at least one search result, the information about the at least one search result comprising at least one of:

a price, a rating, and a purchasing user interface element.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein asynchronously updating the suggested search term user interface element further comprises highlighting at least one search result in response to the at least one navigation input.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

retrieving additional data from the electronic repository associated with the highlighted at least one search result; and

asynchronously updating the content page with the retrieved additional data associated with the highlighted at least one search result.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the additional data is presented below the suggested search term user interface element within the content page.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one search result from the electronic repository is a product in an electronic commerce system.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the navigation input corresponds to at least one key press and the input device corresponds to a keyboard.

7. A system, comprising:

at least one computing device; and

a search application executed in the at least one computing device, the search application, when executed, causing the at least one computing device to at least;

generate a content page having a search term user interface element, the search term user interface element comprising a text entry field;

generate at least one suggested search term based at least upon at least one character entered in the search term user interface element;

asynchronously update the content page with the at least one suggested search term based at least upon the at least one character entered in the search term user interface element;

retrieve, from an electronic repository, a plurality of search results associated with the at least one suggested search term;

asynchronously update the content page with a respective representative image associated with each of the plurality of search results;

receive navigation input corresponding to user input on an input device;

asynchronously update the search term user interface element to reflect the navigation input by highlighting the respective representative image as a selected image; and

asynchronously update the search term user interface element to reflect the navigation input by enlarging the selected image.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the respective representative image is rendered below the text entry field.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the at least one suggested search term is rendered below the text entry field and the respective representative image is rendered horizontally offset from the at least one suggested search term.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the search application further causes the at least one computing device to at least asynchronously update the content page with additional data about the at least one suggested search term.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the search application further causes the at least one computing device to at least:

asynchronously update the search term user interface element to reflect the navigation input by highlighting a selected search result.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the search application further causes the at least one computing device to at least asynchronously update the content page with additional data associated with the selected search result.

20. The system of claim 7, wherein the navigation input corresponds to at least one key press and the input device corresponds to a keyboard.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a program executable on a computing device, the program causing the computing device to at least:

generate a content page having a search term user interface element;

receive at least one character from the search term user interface element, the at least one character corresponding to a search for an item in an electronic repository;

generate at least one suggested search term corresponding to the at least one character;

retrieve at least one search result associated with the at least one suggested search term;

asynchronously update the content page with a suggested search term user interface element, the suggested search term user interface element displaying the at least one suggested search term and at least two of a plurality of images corresponding to the at least one search result;

receive at least one navigation input corresponding to user input on an input device;

asynchronously update the suggested search term user interface element to reflect the at least one navigation input by highlighting at least one of the at least two of the plurality of images as a selected image; and

asynchronously update the search term user interface element to reflect the at least one navigation input by enlarging the selected image.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, the program further causing the computing device to at least asynchronously update the content page with a product detail user interface element with information about the at least one search result, the information about the at least one search result comprising at least one of:

a price, a rating, and a purchasing user interface element.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the program further causes the computing device to at least asynchronously update the suggested search term user interface element by highlighting at least one search result in response to the at least one navigation input.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the program further causes the computing device to at least asynchronously update the content page with additional information about a selected search result.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the at least two of the plurality of images are rendered below a text entry field corresponding to the search term user interface element.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the at least one suggested search term is rendered below the text entry field and the at least two of the plurality of images are rendered horizontally offset from the at least one suggested search term.