EXTENSIBLE SEARCH TERM SUGGESTION ENGINE
First Claim
1. A method in a search term suggestion engine of a computing device, the method comprising:
- receiving characters of user data as the characters are input, wherein the user data is at least part of a search term to be provided to a first application to search for the search term, wherein the first application is one of multiple applications on the computing device;
receiving, from the first application prior to presentation of one or more suggested search terms based on the received characters, an indication of multiple suggestion sources;
obtaining, from each of two or more of the multiple suggestion sources, one or more suggested search terms based on the received characters;
combining the one or more suggested search terms into a combined set of suggested search terms; and
returning the combined set of suggested search terms to a search user interface for presentation to a user.
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Abstract
A search term suggestion engine of a computing device receives characters of user data as the characters are input. The user data is at least part of a search term to be provided to one of multiple applications to search for the search term. An indication of multiple suggestion sources is received from the one application, and one or more suggested search terms are obtained, from the multiple suggestion sources, based on the received characters. One or more suggested search terms can also be obtained from the multiple suggestion sources based on one or more linguistic alternatives for the received characters. The one or more suggested search terms are combined into a combined set of suggested search terms, and the combined set of suggested search terms is returned to a search user interface for presentation to the user.
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20 Claims
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1. A method in a search term suggestion engine of a computing device, the method comprising:
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receiving characters of user data as the characters are input, wherein the user data is at least part of a search term to be provided to a first application to search for the search term, wherein the first application is one of multiple applications on the computing device; receiving, from the first application prior to presentation of one or more suggested search terms based on the received characters, an indication of multiple suggestion sources; obtaining, from each of two or more of the multiple suggestion sources, one or more suggested search terms based on the received characters; combining the one or more suggested search terms into a combined set of suggested search terms; and returning the combined set of suggested search terms to a search user interface for presentation to a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. One or more computer storage media having stored thereon multiple instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the one or more processors to:
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receive characters of user data as the characters are input, wherein the user data is at least part of a search term to be provided to an application to search for the search term; determine one or more linguistic alternatives for the characters; provide both the characters and the one or more linguistic alternatives to a suggestion source prior to presentation of one or more suggested search terms based on the characters; receive, from the suggestion source, one or more suggested search terms based on the one or more linguistic alternatives; and return the one or more suggested search terms to a search user interface for display. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A device comprising:
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one or more processors; and one or more computer storage media having stored thereon multiple instructions that, responsive to execution by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising; receiving characters of user data as the characters are input, wherein the user data is at least part of a search term to be provided to an application to search for the search term, wherein the application is one of multiple applications on the device; receiving, from the application prior to presentation of one or more suggested search terms based on the received characters, an indication of multiple suggestion sources; obtaining, from each of two or more of the multiple suggestion sources, one or more suggested search terms based on the received characters; and returning the obtained one or more suggested search terms to a search user interface for presentation to a user. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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