TRUNCATED AUTOSUGGEST ON A TOUCHSCREEN COMPUTING DEVICE

• US 20160267200A1
• Filed: 03/13/2015
• Published: 09/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Guo, Fangpeng, Guo, Qingwei, Zhou, Li
• Granted Patent: US 9,965,569 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3322 using system suggestions G06F16/3325 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90324 using system suggestions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90328 using search space presentation or visualization, e.g. category or range presentation and selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/018 Input/output arrangements for oriental characters
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs

Abstract

A computer device may reduce user error when constructing a search query. The computing device may display one or more search terms within a search box based on user input. The computing device may display initial autosuggest candidates and detect a user-selected initial autosuggest candidate. The computing device may display the user-selected initial autosuggest candidate within the search box as a preliminary search query, without automatically initiating a web search for the preliminary search query. The computing device may receive new autosuggest candidates having the preliminary search query as a common prefix, generate truncated autosuggest candidates by removing the common prefix from each new autosuggest candidate, and display the truncated autosuggest candidates.

Claims

1. A computing device for reducing user error when constructing a search query, the computing device comprising:

a processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions; and

memory storing computer-executable instructions configured to;

display a user interface that includes a search box;

display one or more search terms within the search box based on user input;

display initial autosuggest candidates;

detect a user-selected initial autosuggest candidate;

display the user-selected initial autosuggest candidate within the search box as a preliminary search query, without automatically initiating a web search for the preliminary search query;

receive new autosuggest candidates having the preliminary search query as a common prefix;

generate truncated autosuggest candidates by removing the common prefix from each new autosuggest candidate; and

display the truncated autosuggest candidates.

2. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the memory further stores computer-executable instructions configured to:

detect a user-selected truncated autosuggest candidate; and

display a modified search query within in the search box by appending the user-selected truncated autosuggest candidate to the preliminary search query, without automatically initiating a web search for the modified search query.

3. The computing device of claim 2, wherein the memory further stores computer-executable instructions configured to:

receive updated autosuggest candidates having the modified search query as a common prefix;

generate truncated autosuggest candidates by removing the common prefix from each updated autosuggest candidate; and

append a user-selected truncated autosuggest candidate to the modified search query.

4. The computing device of claim 2, wherein the memory further stores computer-executable instructions configured to:

initiate a web search for a completed search query in response to a touch of a search button, wherein the completed search query is constructed from one or more user-selected truncated autosuggest candidates.

5. The computing device of claim 1, wherein:

the one or more search terms are displayed using Latin characters, and

the initial autosuggest candidates include multiple conversions of the one or more search terms into non-Latin characters.

6. The computing device of claim 5, wherein at least one of the initial autosuggest candidates includes a phrase that is displayed using non-Latin characters and that begins with one of the conversions followed by one or more words.

7. The computing device of claim 1, wherein:

the initial autosuggest candidates are displayed within rows, and

one or more the rows include multiple initial autosuggest candidates.

8. The computing device of claim 1, wherein:

the truncated autosuggest candidates are displayed within rows, and

one or more the rows include multiple truncated autosuggest candidates.

9. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the truncated autosuggest candidates are arranged within the rows based on rank and length.

10. A computer-implemented method for reducing user error when constructing a search query, the computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, a search query without launching a web search for the search query;

obtaining, by the computing device, autosuggest candidates having the search query as a common prefix;

generating, by the computing device, truncated autosuggest candidates by removing the search query from the autosuggest candidates; and

providing the truncated autosuggest candidates for display.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the search query is received and presented in a search box of a user interface.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the search query includes a transliteration of one or more search terms.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the search query includes one or more user-selected truncated autosuggest candidates.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the autosuggest candidates are obtained from a suggestion dictionary.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein:

the truncated autosuggest candidates are displayed within rows, and

one or more the rows include multiple truncated autosuggest candidates.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, further comprising:

constructing a completed search query from one or more user-selected truncated autosuggest candidates.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, further comprising:

launching a web search for a completed search query constructed from one or more user-selected truncated autosuggest candidates.

18. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to implement a truncation component, wherein the truncation component is configured to:

receive autosuggest candidates for a search query from an autosuggest component, the autosuggest candidates having the search query as a common prefix;

generate truncated autosuggest candidates by removing the common prefix from the autosuggest candidates; and

provide the truncated autosuggest candidates to a presentation component for display.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, further storing computer-executable instructions that implement the presentation component, wherein the presentation component is configured to:

interpret Latin keystrokes according to an input method for a non-Latin language;

arrange truncated autosuggest candidates based on rank and length;

display truncated autosuggest candidates within rows, wherein one or more of the rows include multiple truncated autosuggest candidates;

move a user-selected truncated autosuggest candidates to a search box without automatically initiating a web search; and

append the user-selected truncated autosuggest candidate to a search query.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, further storing computer-executable instructions that implement the autosuggest component and a search engine, wherein:

the autosuggest component is configured to provide autosuggest candidates that include multiple conversions of a search term into non-Latin characters; and

the search engine is configured to provide search results in response to a completed search query constructed from one or more user-selected truncated autosuggest candidates.