SEARCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF

• US 20200133454A1
• Filed: 10/30/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung SDS (China) Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung SDS (China) Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: PARK, Jin Hee, HAN, Dae Kyoung, JEONG, Ji Yeon, CHOI, Bo Ri
• Granted Patent: US 11,256,407 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9532 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Provided are search methods and apparatuses capable of defining a search result screen in a simple and easy way. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a search method performed by a computing device. The search method comprises receiving a search term and automatically displaying a first graphic user interface (GUI) object configured to receive a search result screen configuration scheme in response to a first user input for the received search term without an additional user input after the first user input. The first unit input is a user input other than a user input editing the search term.

Claims

1. A search method performed by a computing device, the search method comprising:

receiving a search term; and

automatically displaying a first graphic user interface (GUI) object configured to receive a search result screen configuration scheme in response to a first user input for the received search term without an additional user input after the first user input,

wherein the first unit input is a user input other than a user input editing the search term.

2. The search method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the first GUI object comprises obtaining a primary search result for the search term in response to the first user input and determining an entry for configuring the first GUI object and an item for the entry on the basis of the primary search result;

and

the primary search result is not displayed.

3. The search method of claim 2, further comprising:

detecting a second user input for the first GUI object; and

additionally displaying a second GUI object configured to receive the search result screen configuration scheme in detail in response to the detected second user input.

4. The search method of claim 2, wherein the displaying of the first GUI object further comprises further displaying, adjacent to the displayed first GUI object, numerical information indicating at least one of the number of searches for each entry and the number of searches for each item of the primary search result.

5. The search method of claim 1, wherein the first GUI object is composed of one or more entries and an item for each entry;

the first user input is a long tap or a long left-button click; and

the search method further comprises treating a first item as being selected when a second user input of moving to the first item through dragging while the first user input is maintained is detected.

6. The search method of claim 5, further comprising automatically displaying a search result screen configured to reflect the first item without an additional user input after release of the first user input in response to the release of the first user input.

7. The search method of claim 5, wherein the treating of the first item as being selected comprises treating the first item and a second item as being selected in response to a third user input of moving from the first item to the second item through dragging while the first user input is maintained.

8. The search method of claim 1, wherein the first GUI object is composed of an entry pre-defined irrespective of the received search term and an item pre-defined for the entry irrespective of the received search term.

9. The search method of claim 1, wherein the first GUI object is composed of one or more entries and an item for each of the entries;

and

the item for each of the entries is displayed differentially from other items on the basis of a history of the items for the entries selected by a user of the computing device.

10. The search method of claim 1, wherein the first GUI object is composed of one or more entries configured to define a search result screen and an item for each of the entries;

and

the one or more entries constituting the first GUI object are selected from among a plurality of candidate entries on the basis of a history of the items for the entries selected by a user of the computing device.

11. The search method of claim 1, wherein the first GUI object is composed of one or more entries configured to define a search result screen and an item for each of the entries;

and

the item for each of the entries is displayed differentially from other items on the basis of a category of a hit item selected from the search result screen by a user of the computing device.

12. A computing device comprising:

an input device configured to receive a user input;

a network interface configured to transmit a search request including a search term to a search server;

a memory configured to load a plurality of instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the plurality of instructions loaded in the memory,

wherein,

the plurality of instructions automatically display a first graphic user interface (GUI) object for receiving a search result screen configuration scheme in response to a first user input for the search term without an additional user input after the first user input, and

the first user input is a user input other than a user input editing the search term.