DYNAMIC SEARCH BOX FOR WEB BROWSER

• US 20110302188A1
• Filed: 08/15/2011
• Published: 12/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: DJABAROV, George
• Granted Patent: US 8,639,684 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/768
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2453 Query optimisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3322 using system suggestions G06F16/3325 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3325 Reformulation based on results of preceding query
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90324 using system suggestions

Abstract

A system may receive one or more terms of a search query. The system may automatically identify prior search queries that include the one or more terms of the search query from a history of prior search queries. The system may automatically identify possible spelling corrected search queries based on the one or more terms of the search queries. The system may automatically receive remote server-based query completion suggestions including the one or more terms of the search query. The system may present query refinement options, the query refinement box being populated with the prior search queries as suggested queries for possible selection by a user, the identified possible spelling corrected search queries, and the received query completion suggestions.

Claims

1-35. -35. (canceled)

36. A method, comprising:

storing, by a processor of a client device, previously received search queries;

receiving, by a processor of a client device, one or more characters of a search query;

identifying, by a processor of the client device, one or more of the previously received search queries that include the one or more characters of the search query; and

presenting, by a processor of the client device, query refinement options that include the one or more of the previously received search queries.

37. The method of claim 36, where the previously received search queries are received from group of users that includes a user of the client device.

38. The method of claim 36, where each of the one or more previously received search queries begins with the one or more characters of the search query.

39. The method of claim 36, further comprising:

spell-checking the one or more characters of the search query;

identifying, based on spell-checking the one or more characters of the search query, possible corrections to the one or more characters of the search query; and

presenting, in the query refinement options and separately from the one or more of the previously received search queries, the possible corrections.

40. The method of claim 39, where spell-checking the one or more characters of the search query includes:

determining that a particular time period has passed since a last character, of the one or more characters of the search query, was received; and

spell-checking the one or more characters of the search query when the particular time period exceeds a time threshold.

41. The method of claim 36, further comprising:

identifying query tokens associated with the received search query; and

presenting the identified query tokens, where the identified query tokens are visually distinguished based on associated respective different syntax rules.

42. The method of claim 36, further comprising:

receiving an additional character of the search query; and

updating, based on the received additional character of the search query, the query refinement options, including;

removing, from the query refinement options, at least one of the previously received search query that does not include the additional character of the search query.

43. The method of claim 36, further comprising:

identifying other previously received search queries that include each of the one or more characters of the search query, where the other previously received search queries are associated with another client device; and

presenting, separately from the one or more of the previously received search queries, additional query refinement options that include the other previously received search queries.

44. A device comprising:

a memory to store previously received search queries associated with the device; and

a processor to;

receive one or more characters of a search query,

identify one or more of the previously received search queries that include the one or more characters of the search query, and

present query refinement options that include the one or more of the previously received search queries.

45. The device of claim 44, where each of the one or more previously received search queries begins with the one or more characters of the search query.

46. The device of claim 44, where the processor is further to:

spell-check the one or more characters of the search query,

identify, based on spell-checking the one or more characters of the search query, possible corrections to the one or more characters of the search query, and

present, in the query refinement options and separately from the one or more of the previously received search queries, the possible corrections.

47. The device of claim 46, where the processor, when spell-checking the one or more characters of the search query, is further to:

determine that a particular time period has passed since a last character, of the one or more characters of the search query, was received, and

spell-check the one or more characters of the search query when the particular time period exceeds a time threshold.

48. The device of claim 44, where the processor is further to:

identify query tokens associated with the received search query, and

present the identified query tokens, where the identified query tokens are visually distinguished based on associated respective different syntax rules.

49. The device of claim 44, where the processor is further to:

receive an additional character of the search query, and

remove, from the query refinement options, at least one of the previously received search query that does not include the additional character of the search query.

50. The device of claim 44, where the processor is further to:

identify other previously received search queries that include each of the one or more characters of the search query, where the other previously received search queries are associated with another device, and

present, separately the one or more of the previously received search queries, the, additional query refinement options that include the other previously received search queries.

51. A memory device to store instructions that are executable by a processor, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions to receive one or more characters of a search query;

one or more instructions to identify one or more of the previously received search queries that include the one or more characters of the search query; and

one or more instructions to present query refinement options that include the one or more of the previously received search queries.

52. The memory device of claim 51, where each of the one or more previously received search queries begins with the one or more characters of the search query.

53. The memory device of claim 51, where the instructions further include:

one or more instructions to spell-check the one or more characters of the search query;

one or more instructions to identify, based on spell-checking the one or more characters of the search query, possible corrections to the one or more characters of the search query; and

one or more instructions to present, in the query refinement options and separately from the one or more of the previously received search queries, the possible corrections.

54. The memory device of claim 53, where one or more instructions to spell-check the received search query further include:

one or more instructions to determine that a particular time period has passed since a last character, of the one or more characters of the search query, was received; and

one or more instructions to spell-check the one or more characters of the search query when the particular time period exceeds a time threshold.

55. The memory device of claim 51, where the instructions further include:

one or more instructions to identify query tokens associated with the received search query; and

one or more instructions to present the identified query tokens, where the identified query tokens are visually distinguished based on associated respective different syntax rules.

56. The memory device of claim 51, where the instructions further include:

one or more instructions to receive an additional character of the search query; and

one or more instructions to remove, from the query refinement options, at least one of the previously received search query that does not include the additional character of the search query.

57. The memory device of claim 51, where the instructions further include:

one or more instructions to identify other previously received search queries that include each of the one or more characters of the search query, where the other previously received search queries are associated with one or more users that differ from a user associated with the search query; and

one or more instructions to present, separately the one or more of the previously received search queries, the, additional query refinement options that include the other previously received search queries.