Search query user interface
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, at a computing device, a request for a web page, the web page being displayable by a web browser running on the computing device;
incorporating, via the computing device, a slide sheet control into the web page, the incorporated slide sheet control comprising search functionality and being operable in at least a first orientation and a second orientation, the second orientation occupying more of the web page than the first orientation, the second orientation presenting at least one of additional search related features and additional search related options, the second orientation being displayable without obtaining additional information from a server thereby enabling modification of a layout of the webpage according to the second orientation without requiring interaction from the server, the second orientation being displayed in a layer of the web page such that the second orientation at most partially obscures a portion of the web page; and
transmitting, via the computing device, the web page in response to the request.
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Abstract
In a client-server system where a client system presents a browser for user interaction, a browser user interface includes functionality for handling dynamic interface elements received by the browser in connection with received pages, presented as part of the browser user interface and modified in response to selected user input without requiring farther interaction with a server. In addition to, or in place of, dynamic interface elements such as slide sheets, the browser user interface might also include a rotation display area, tool displays that can overlay a page, opaquely or semi-transparently, menu structures, and an ability for the user to modify a page layout without requiring server interaction. The browser might comprise storage for a plurality of rotation display items for storing a summary and a primary presentation for each rotation display item, logic for displaying, by the browser, primary presentations for less all of the plurality of rotation display items in the rotation display area, logic for displaying, by the browser, summaries for items wherein the number of summaries is greater than the number of primary presentations presented at one time, logic for highlighting, among the summaries displayed, the ones of the summaries that correspond to the primary presentations displayed in the rotation display area; and logic for rotating the plurality of rotation display items to display primary presentations for a different subsets of the rotation display items and for updating highlighting of summaries to correspond to the different subsets of rotation display items.
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58 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a computing device, a request for a web page, the web page being displayable by a web browser running on the computing device; incorporating, via the computing device, a slide sheet control into the web page, the incorporated slide sheet control comprising search functionality and being operable in at least a first orientation and a second orientation, the second orientation occupying more of the web page than the first orientation, the second orientation presenting at least one of additional search related features and additional search related options, the second orientation being displayable without obtaining additional information from a server thereby enabling modification of a layout of the webpage according to the second orientation without requiring interaction from the server, the second orientation being displayed in a layer of the web page such that the second orientation at most partially obscures a portion of the web page; and transmitting, via the computing device, the web page in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a computing device, a request from a user to display at least one of additional search related options and additional search related features in a search control on a web page, the web page comprising a first layer, the request being received via a web browser capable of displaying a plurality of layers, the web browser running on a computing device and causing the web page to be displayed via a display associated with the computing device; and causing, via the computing device, the at least one of additional search related options and additional search related features to be displayed within the web browser and incorporated in the first layer of the web page positioned above a main layer of the web page and at most partially obscuring the main layer, the displaying being accomplished without obtaining additional information from a web server thereby enabling modification of a layout of the webpage without requiring interaction from the web server. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system comprising:
a server comprising at least one processor, communicatively coupled to a browser system operating on a user computing device, receiving requests for a web site from the browser system and providing, as part of a response to the request, a slide sheet control incorporated into a web page associated with the web site, the slide sheet control comprising search functionality and being operable in at least a first orientation and a second orientation, the second orientation occupying more of the web page than the first orientation, the second orientation presenting at least one of additional search related features and additional search related options, the second orientation being displayable without obtaining additional information thereby enabling modification of a layout of the webpage according to the second orientation without requiring interaction from the server, the second orientation being displayed in a layer of the web page such that the second orientation at most partially obscures a portion of the web page. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A system comprising:
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a server comprising at least one processor, communicatively coupled to a browser system operating on a computing device, receiving a request from a user to display at least one of additional search related options and additional search related features in a search control on a web page, the web page comprising a first layer, the request being received via a web browser capable of displaying a plurality of layers, the web browser running on a computing device and causing the web page to be displayed via a display associated with the computing device; and causing the at least one of additional search related options and additional search related features to be displayed within the web browser and incorporated in the first layer of the web page positioned above a main layer of the web page and at most partially obscuring the main layer, the displaying being accomplished without obtaining additional information from a web server thereby enabling modification of a layout of the webpage without requiring interaction from the web server. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A non-transitory computer-readable storage media tangibly encoded with computer-readable instructions, that when executed by a computing device, perform a method comprising:
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receiving from a user computing device a request for a web page, the web page being displayable by a web browser running on the computing device; incorporating a slidesheet control into the web page, the incorporated slide sheet control comprising search functionality and being operable in at least a first orientation and a second orientation, the second orientation occupying more of the web page than the first orientation, the second orientation presenting at least one of additional search related features and additional search related options, the second orientation being displayable without obtaining additional information thereby enabling modification of a layout of the webpage according to the second orientation without requiring interaction from a server, the second orientation being displayed in a layer of the web page such that the second orientation at most partially obscures a portion of the web page; and transmitting the web page in response to the request.
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58. A non-transitory computer-readable storage media tangibly encoded with computer-readable instructions, that when executed by a computing device, perform a method comprising:
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receiving a request from a user to display at least one of additional search related options and additional search related features in a search control on a web page, the web page comprising a first layer, the request being received via a web browser capable of displaying a plurality of layers, the web browser running on a computing device and causing the web page to be displayed via a display associated with the computing device; and causing the at least one of additional search related options and additional search related features to be displayed within the web browser and incorporated in the first layer of the web page positioned above a main layer of the web page and at most partially obscuring the main layer, the displaying being accomplished without obtaining additional information from a web server thereby enabling modification of a layout of the webpage without requiring interaction from the web server.
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