MULTI-PREFIX INTERACTIVE MOBILE SEARCH

• US 20120310924A1
• Filed: 07/31/2012
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tropare, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Boopsie Incorporated
• Inventors: Carpenter, G. Gregory, Kay, Timothy
• Granted Patent: US 8,676,776 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3322 using system suggestions G06F16/3325 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9038 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

Abstract

A system and a method are disclosed for multi-prefix, interactive search capability on a mobile communications device. A keystroke is input into a search query field of a landing page and a multi-prefix search is performed. The landing page is refreshed to display the results. The landing page displays a first tier of search results, which can include channels or links to web pages associated with the user input. If the search result that is selected is a channel, the channel is displayed. If the search result that is selected is a web page, the web page is displayed. The landing page corresponding to the selected channel, or to the web page, may then be searched or explored. If the desired channel is not displayed within the first tier of search results, another keystroke may be input. The landing page refreshes accordingly and additional keystrokes may be entered.

Claims

1. A method for searching and displaying results, comprising:

receiving a user input comprising an alphanumeric character;

displaying a first tier of search results that comprise at least one channel corresponding to the user input;

receiving a channel selection of the at least one channel of the first tier of search results; and

displaying information corresponding to the channel selection.