MICRO-BROWSER VIEWERS AND SEARCHING

• US 20100145967A1
• Filed: 12/10/2008
• Published: 06/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Chang, Ming Chieh, Fu, Tsui-Ying, Huang, Shu-Fong, Huang, Ellen
• Granted Patent: US 8,370,346 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/758
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

Architecture that enables a user to connect, search, and review information under a mobile context by interacting through a micro-browser. The current “Find” experience can now be made part of the document search functionality thereby allowing the user to enter one or more keywords to quickly search and obtain the information desired. The “Find” feature can be part of the micro-browser viewer and solves the current inability of the user to view and read documents on the small display of the mobile device. Additionally, users can choose to search from the current page or from the beginning of the document. Results are listed with the keyword(s) emphasized (e.g., highlighted) in a portion of the content in which the keyword(s) was found. The page number can also be presented. Each result can be presented is an active link that automatically navigates the user directly to the associated keyword of the page.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented search system, comprising:

a search component for receiving a query via a micro-browser and initiating a search in a document for results based on a keyword of the query;

a results component for controlling the search in the document based on results criteria; and

a view component for presenting results information in a view via the micro-browser.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the results criteria includes a limit on a number of keywords returned and that can be presented as a list in the view.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the results criteria includes a limit on a number of pages of the document searched before the keyword is found.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the search is performed over pages of the document and the search is resumed from a page on which the search was paused.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the search is performed over pages of the document and the search is restarted to a beginning of the document from a page on which the search was paused.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the view component presents the results information in the view as including results with emphasis applied to the keyword and a location of the keyword in a document.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the view component presents the results information in the view as including the results in a list and each result includes an active link that when selected navigates to a location of a page in which the result resides.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the search component performs the search in at least one of a word processing document, spreadsheet document, or presentation document.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the results information provides interactive control that allows continuation of a paused search, exit of the search, restart of the paused search to a previous page of the document, or status of the search over a number of document pages.

10. A computer-implemented search system, comprising:

a search component for receiving a query via a micro-browser of a handheld device and initiating a search in a document for results based on a keyword of the query;

a results component for controlling the search based on results criteria, the results criteria includes a limit on a number of keywords returned and that can be presented as a list in a view, and a limit on a number of pages of the document searched before the keyword is found; and

a view component for presenting results information in the view of the micro-browser.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the search is performed over pages of the document and the search is resumed from a page on which the search was paused, or over pages of the document and the search is restarted to a beginning of the document from a page on which the search was paused.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the view component presents one of the results as a list in the view with highlighting applied to the keyword and a location of the keyword in a document, or the results as a list in the view and each result includes an active link that when selected navigates to a location of a page in which the result resides.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the results information includes a list of results in which the keyword in each result is emphasized in a partial textual context in which the keyword resides in the document.

14. A computer-implemented method of searching, comprising:

receiving a query for searching a document via a micro-browser;

initiating the search in the document for results based on a keyword of the query;

controlling the search in the document based on limitations of a view in the micro-browser; and

presenting the results according to view limitations.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising limiting a number of the search results that can be viewed to a listing that fits in the view and that includes an abbreviated textual context in which the keyword resides.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising limiting a number of the search results that can be viewed to a listing that fits in the view and that includes emphasis applied to the keyword and a hyperlink that automatically navigates to a location of the keyword in the document.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising defining a number of pages in the document that will be searched without obtaining search results before a notification is presented in the view as to a status of the search.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising presenting interactive options in the view that allow for one or more of beginning the search from a specific document page, continuing a paused search, exiting the search and returning to the document, navigating to a next listing of the results on a same page, and navigating to a next listing of the results on a different document page.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the search is performed in at least one of a word processing document, spreadsheet document, or presentation document.

20. The method of claim 14, further comprising defining a textual context in which the keyword is presented in the search results.