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Predictive page loading based on suggestion data

  • US 9,305,090 B1
  • Filed: 03/01/2011
  • Issued: 04/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a plurality of computer instructions executable in a computing device, wherein, when executed, the plurality of computer instructions causes the computing device to:

  • periodically provide user input to a server, the user input entered into a search query form;

    request a plurality of suggested keywords from the server in response to the user input, wherein at least one of the plurality of suggested keywords is based at least in part on a shopping history associated with a user account corresponding to an electronic commerce application, and wherein at least one of the plurality of suggested keywords comprises at least one enhanced suggested keyword, the at least one enhanced suggested keyword including at least one spelling correction to the user input;

    provide a number of a plurality of speculative search queries to the server, wherein individual ones of the plurality of speculative search queries include at least one of the plurality of suggested keywords, and wherein the number of the plurality of speculative search queries is based at least in part on a length of time that the user account has been associated with the electronic commerce application, and wherein individual ones of the plurality of speculative search queries that include the at least one of the plurality of suggested keywords that comprise the at least one enhanced suggested keyword are weighted higher than individual ones of the plurality of speculative search queries that fail to include the at least one of the plurality of suggested keywords that comprise the at least one enhanced suggested keyword, wherein the weights of the suggested keywords are used to prefer the at least one of the plurality of suggested keywords that comprise the at least one enhanced suggested keyword over individual ones of the plurality of speculative search queries that fail to include the at least one of the plurality of suggested keywords that comprise the at least one enhanced suggested keyword when determining suggested keywords to include in the speculative search queries;

    process a plurality of responses, individual ones of the plurality of responses corresponding to at least one of the plurality of speculative search queries, the individual ones of the plurality of responses including a corresponding plurality of speculative search results;

    render, in a hidden portion of a browser window, at least a portion of the plurality of speculative search results from more than one of the plurality of responses, wherein at least one of the more than one of the plurality of responses corresponds to the at least one of the plurality of speculative search queries that includes the at least one of the plurality of suggested keywords that comprises the at least one enhanced suggested keyword;

    move the rendered portion of at least two of the plurality of speculative search results from the hidden portion of the browser window to a visible portion of the browser window;

    render the at least a portion of the plurality of speculative search results in the visible portion of the browser window in response to receiving a user instruction to execute a committed search query that includes a suggested keyword in at least one of the plurality of speculative queries, wherein the visible portion of the browser window is separate from the hidden portion of the browser window;

    request a remaining portion of at least one of the speculative search results; and

    render, in the visible portion of the browser window, the remaining portion of at least one of the speculative search results.

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