Search suggestions based on viewport content

• US 9,652,556 B2
• Filed: 10/05/2012
• Issued: 05/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Weber, Arnaud Claude, Whitelaw, Casey Stuart, Nordstrom, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Waldron, Scott A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ohba, Mellissa M
• Application Number:
  US13/646,639
• Publication Number:
  US 20150213040A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,684 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• 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 16/90335 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

Computer-implemented methods for providing suggestions for a search based on a visibility of content within a viewport of a device. In one aspect, a method includes receiving information on content currently loaded for display on a device. The information includes an indication of whether at least one portion of the content has entered a viewport of the device. The method also includes identifying, based on the content, at least one suggestion to provide for display with the search field, wherein the at least one suggestion is weighted based on whether a portion of the content referring to at least one suggestion has entered the viewport of the device, and providing the at least one suggestion for display with a display of a search field on the device. Systems and machine-readable storage media are also provided.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for providing suggestions for a search based on whether portions of a content document currently loaded for display on a device have entered a viewport of the device, the method comprising:

receiving information on the content document currently rendered for display on the device, the rendered content document comprising a first portion of the content document rendered and displayed within the viewport of the device and at least a second portion of the content document rendered for display and outside the viewport of the device, the information comprising an indication of whether at least one portion of the content document has entered the viewport of the device, the viewport comprising an electronic display within the bounds of which the content document is viewed;

identifying, based on the rendered content document, at least one suggestion to provide for display with a search field, wherein the at least one suggestion is weighted based on whether a portion of the rendered content document indicative of the at least one suggestion has entered the viewport of the device from outside the viewport of the device, wherein the at least one suggestion is associated with a first weight when the at least one portion of the rendered content document that is indicative of the at least one suggestion is currently within the viewport of the device, a second weight less than the first weight when the at least one portion of the rendered content document that is indicative of the at least one suggestion has passed through the viewport of the device, and a third weight less than the second weight when the at least one portion of the rendered content document that is indicative of the at least one suggestion has not yet entered the viewpoint of the device; and

providing the at least one suggestion for display with a display of the search field on the device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least one suggestion comprises an entity referred to in the content document.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising identifying at least two suggestions, wherein a first suggestion of the at least two suggestions is identified based on the first portion of rendered content document that is displayed within the viewport of the device, and wherein a second suggestion of the at least two suggestions is identified based on the rendered content document previously displayed within the viewport of the device.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein a suggestion having a weight below a predetermined value is not provided for display with the display of the search field.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the third weight is zero, and a suggestion having a weight of zero is not provided for display with the display of the search field.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein a first suggestion having a larger weight is provided for display in a more prominent position than a second suggestion having a smaller weight than the first suggestion.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least one suggestion comprises an action associated with an entity referred to in the content document.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least one suggestion is provided for display with a display of the search field on the device when a request to enter query into the search field is received.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least one suggestion is identified based on a frequency of an identifier of the at least one suggestion in the content document currently within the viewpoint of the device.

10. A system for providing suggestions for a search based on whether portions of a content document currently loaded for display on a device have entered a viewport of the device, the system comprising:

a memory comprising information on the content document currently rendered for display on the device, the rendered content document comprising a first portion of the content document rendered and displayed within the viewport of the device and at least a second portion of the content document rendered for display and outside the viewport of the device, the information comprising an indication of whether at least one portion of the content document has entered the viewport of the device; and

a processor configured to;

identify, based on the rendered content document, at least one suggestion to provide for display with a search field, wherein the at least one suggestion is weighted based on whether a portion of the rendered content document indicative of the at least one suggestion has entered the viewport of the device from outside the viewport of the device, wherein the at least one suggestion is associated with a first weight when the at least one portion of the rendered content document that is indicative of the at least one suggestion is currently within the viewpoint of the device, a second weight less than the first weight when the at least one portion of the rendered content document that is indicative of the at least one suggestion has passed through the viewpoint of the device, and a third weight less than the second weight when the at least one portion of the rendered content document that is indicative of the at least one suggestion has not yet entered the viewport of the device; and

provide the at least one suggestion for display with a display of the search field on the device,

wherein the at least one suggestion is provided for display with a display of the search field on the device when a request to enter a query into the search field is received.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one suggestion comprises an entity referred to in the content document.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

identify at least two suggestions,

wherein a first suggestion of the at least two suggestions is identified based on the first portion of rendered content document that is displayed within the viewpoint of the device, and

wherein a second suggestion of the at least two suggestions is identified based on the rendered content document previously displayed within the viewport of the device.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein a suggestion having a weight below a predetermined value is not provided for display with the display of the search field.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein a first suggestion having a larger weight is provided for display in a more prominent position than a second suggestion having a smaller weight than the first suggestion.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one suggestion is identified based on a frequency of an identifier of the at least one suggestion in the content document currently within the viewport of the device.

16. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions for causing a processor to execute a method for providing suggestions for a search based on whether a content document currently loaded for display on a device has entered a viewport of the device, the method comprising:

receiving information on the content document currently rendered for display on the device, the rendered content document comprising a first portion of the content document rendered and displayed within the viewport of the device and at least a second portion of the content document rendered for display and outside the viewport of the device, the information comprising an indication of whether at least one portion of the content document has entered the viewport of the device;

identifying, based on the rendered content document, at least one suggestion to provide for display with a search field, wherein the at least one suggestion is weighted based on whether a portion of the rendered content document indicative of the at least one suggestion has entered the viewport of the device from outside the viewport of the device, wherein the at least one suggestion is associated with a first weight when the at least one portion of the rendered content document that is indicative of the at least one suggestion is currently within the viewport of the device, a second weight less than the first weight when the at least one portion of the rendered content document that is indicative of the at least one suggestion has passed through the viewport of the device, and a third weight less than the second weight when the at least one portion of the rendered content document that is indicative of the at least one suggestion has not yet entered the viewport of the device; and

providing the at least one suggestion for display with a display of the search field on the device,

wherein the at least one suggestion is provided for display with a display of the search field on the device when a request to enter a query into the search field is received.