Systems and Methods For Providing Keyword Related Search Results in Augmented Content for Text on a Web Page
First Claim
1. A method for providing keyword based search results via a user interface overlay responsive to an indication of a cursor over a keyword identified for augmentation on a currently displayed web page, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving, by a server, an indication that a cursor on a web page currently displayed on a client is over a keyword identified for augmentation via a user interface overlay that displays search results;
(b) transmitting a request for search results based on the keyword to a search engine via a network; and
(c) displaying, by the client on the currently displayed web page the user interface overlay as an overlay corresponding to the keyword, the user interface overlay displaying at least a portion of the search results received from the search engine.
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Abstract
The solution of the present disclosure provides augmented content in the form of a convenient search unit. The convenient search unit, or CSU, provides an intext or keyword based augmentation technique that conveniently provides a viewer search results from one or more search engines based on the content of the keyword(s). The CSU is displayed responsive to a viewer'"'"'s interaction with content of a current destination page, such as user placing the mouse over a predetermined keyword or clicking on the same. The systems and methods of the present disclosure automatically performs a relevant search with a search engine based on the context of the keyword and displays the results of the search in a creative element that overlays the current destination page. Using the overlay technique, the viewer can view and interaction with search results of related content without leaving the current destination page.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for providing keyword based search results via a user interface overlay responsive to an indication of a cursor over a keyword identified for augmentation on a currently displayed web page, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving, by a server, an indication that a cursor on a web page currently displayed on a client is over a keyword identified for augmentation via a user interface overlay that displays search results; (b) transmitting a request for search results based on the keyword to a search engine via a network; and (c) displaying, by the client on the currently displayed web page the user interface overlay as an overlay corresponding to the keyword, the user interface overlay displaying at least a portion of the search results received from the search engine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for tracking user interactions related to a user interface overlay displayed with a keyword identified for augmentation on a currently displayed web page, the method comprising:
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(d) receiving, by a server, a first indication that a cursor on a web page currently displayed on a client has been over a keyword for a first predetermined time period, the keyword identified for augmentation via a user interface overlay that displays search results; (e) receiving, by the server, a second indication that the user selected a uniform resource locator of a result from the search results displayed by the user interface overlay; and (f) transmitting, by the server, a request via a network to the search engine to register a view by the user of the result from the search results. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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