USER DISTRIBUTED SEARCH RESULTS
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1. A content creation application comprising:
- a first interface configured to facilitate composition of a message by a user;
logic to automatically generate a search query based on the message; and
a second interface configured to;
display search results relating to the search query, and receive selections of the search results from the user, the content creation application automatically incorporating, in response to the selections, the selected ones of the search results into the message in the first interface.
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Abstract
A universal distributed search system allows users to find and distribute search results (possibly including advertisements) to those with whom they communicate. The search results can be easily distributed by the user via a simple interface that allows the search results to be easily added to the user'"'"'s content. In one implementation, the search results may be automatically generated by the system based on user input to a content creation application.
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1. A content creation application comprising:
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a first interface configured to facilitate composition of a message by a user;
logic to automatically generate a search query based on the message; and
a second interface configured to;
display search results relating to the search query, and receive selections of the search results from the user, the content creation application automatically incorporating, in response to the selections, the selected ones of the search results into the message in the first interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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providing an interface configured to facilitate composition of text by a user;
automatically generating a search query based on the text;
automatically initiating a search based on the search query;
receiving results of the search;
displaying the results of the search in the interface, the displayed results of the search each including a selection object;
receiving selections of the selection objects from the user; and
associating the results of the search that correspond to the selections of the selection objects with the text in the interface. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer-readable medium containing instructions for execution by one or more processing devices, the computer-readable medium comprising:
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instructions for generating a search query based on non-search query information entered by a user;
instructions for initiating a search based on the generated search query;
instructions for receiving results of the search;
instructions for displaying the results of the search to the user, the displayed results of the search each including a first graphical object;
instructions for receiving selections of the results of the search based on selections of the first graphical objects; and
instructions for automatically incorporating results of the search with the information entered by the user on the selections of the results of the search. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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