Search Perceived Performance

• US 20170199916A1
• Filed: 01/11/2016
• Published: 07/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Loomans, Maykel Andreas Louisa Jozef Anna, Gupta, Nidhi, Trufinescu, Tudor M., Rothschild, Michael Yehuda
• Granted Patent: US 10,467,238 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes identifying an initial search result corresponding to a search query; concurrently: displaying an animation for a context module comprising information associated with the initial search result; and retrieving additional search results corresponding to the search query; and after the animation has completed, displaying information associated with the additional search results.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by a client computing device, identifying an initial search result corresponding to a search query;

by the client computing device, concurrently;

displaying an animation for a context module comprising information associated with the initial search result; and

retrieving additional search results corresponding to the search query;

by the client computing device, after the animation has completed, displaying information associated with the additional search results.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the animation comprises:

initially displaying a portion of the information in the context module; and

expanding to display additional information in the context module.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising after displaying the animation is completed, displaying a progress indicator while the additional search results are retrieved.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein each of the additional search results are retrieved serially, and wherein a respective progress indicator is displayed for each of the additional search results as it is retrieved.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the progress indicator provides an indication of a period of time prior for retrieving the additional search results.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein search results corresponding to the search query are retrieved by a typeahead process, wherein as each additional character of the search query is received at the client computing device, the initial search result is updated and a new animation corresponding to the updated initial search result is initiated.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising displaying one or more suggested search queries in response to the typeahead process.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the suggested search queries are rendered in a drop-down menu of a user interface (UI) of the client computing device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the information associated with the initial search result comprises information from a third-party system or a trending topic of a social-networking system.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein information the information associated with the initial search result comprises a title.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving the additional search results comprises rendering one or more images of the additional search results separately from a remainder of the additional search results.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

initially rendering the images in a low-resolution; and

subsequently rendering the images in a high-resolution.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more graphical elements are rendered on the search-results page in a position of the first portion in response to an unsuccessful retrieval of the context module.

14. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

identify an initial search result corresponding to a search query;

concurrently;

display an animation for a context module comprising information associated with the initial search result; and

retrieve additional search results corresponding to the search query;

after the animation has completed, display information associated with the additional search results.

15. The media of claim 14, wherein the software is further configured to:

initially display a portion of the information in the context module; and

expand to display additional information in the context module.

16. The media of claim 14, wherein the software is further configured to after displaying the animation is completed, display a progress indicator while the additional search results are retrieved.

17. The media of claim 16, wherein each of the additional search results are retrieved serially, and wherein a respective progress indicator is displayed for each of the additional search results as it is retrieved.

18. A computing device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor comprising instructions executable by the processor, the processor being operable when executing the instructions to;

identify an initial search result corresponding to a search query;

concurrently;

display an animation for a context module comprising information associated with the initial search result; and

retrieve additional search results corresponding to the search query;

after the animation has completed, display information associated with the additional search results.

19. The computing device of claim 18, wherein the instructions are further configured to:

initially display a portion of the information in the context module; and

expand to display additional information in the context module.

20. The computing device of claim 18, wherein the software is further configured to after displaying the animation is completed, display a progress indicator while the additional search results are retrieved.