ACCELERATING FIND IN PAGE QUERIES WITHIN A WEB BROWSER

• US 20170220682A1
• Filed: 04/18/2017
• Published: 08/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: CHOC, Theodore Nicholas
• Granted Patent: US 10,678,871 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/242 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2428 Query predicate definition using graphical user interfaces, including menus and forms G06F16/2423 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]

Abstract

Techniques for extending the functionality of a search field within a web browser to include a user-selectable accelerator option to invoke a find in page feature of the web browser are provided. A search query option for the find in page functionality of the browser may be displayed in association with the search field of the web browser. The search query option may include a user-selectable graphical component enabling the user to invoke find in page based on a search term entered into the search field of the browser. The user may select the graphical component to initiate a search for the term within a web page that is either displayed or will be displayed to the user via the web browser. The displayed web page may include a visual indication of each occurrence of the search term within the web page.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

displaying a web page in a web browser at least in part by displaying web page text;

receiving a search term via a search field of the web browser while the web browser is displaying the web page;

determining that the search term occurs at least once within the web page text of the displayed web page;

generating, in response to the determination, a first search query option and a second search query option based on the search term, wherein the first search query option comprises performing a web search of the search term and the second search query option comprises performing a search of the search term within the web page text of the displayed web page without performing the web search; and

displaying the first and second search query options in association with the search field of the web browser.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection of the second search query option; and

providing for display, based on the selection of the second search query option, a notification of at least one occurrence of the search term within the web page text of the displayed web page.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a user-selectable graphical component for selecting one of the first and second search query options.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the search field is included within an address bar of the web browser, the address bar enabling a user to enter a uniform resource locator associated with the web page.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection of the first search query option; and

performing, based on the selection of the first search query option, a web search of the search term.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising identifying, based on a browsing history stored for the web browser, a previously viewed web site corresponding to the search term.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising identifying a web site designated as being a favorite corresponding to the search term.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising identifying a bookmarked web site corresponding to the search term.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating, based on the search term, a predicted search option based on the first or second search query option.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein displaying the first and second search query options in association with the search field of the web browser comprises displaying the first and second search query options in a drop-down list, and wherein the method further comprises dynamically updating the drop-down list to include the predicted search option.

11. A system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by the processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising;

displaying a web page in a web browser, the web page including web page text;

acquiring a search term via a search field of the web browser while the web browser is displaying the web page;

determining that the search term occurs at least once within the web page text of the displayed web page;

generating, in response to the determination, a first search query option and a second search query option based on the acquired search term; and

displaying the first and second search query options, wherein the first search query option comprises an option to perform a web search of the search term and the second search query option comprises an option to perform a search of the search term within the web page text of the displayed web page without performing the web search.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

providing for display, in response to receiving a selection of the second search query option, a notification of at least one occurrence of the search term within the web page text.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the first and second search query options are displayed within a drop-down list control element in association with the web browser.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein displaying the first and second search query options comprises displaying a user-selectable graphical component for each of the first and second search query options.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

generating, based on the search term, a predicted search option based on the first or second search query option to be displayed; and

dynamically updating the first and second search query options being displayed based on the predicted search option.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the search field is included within an address bar of the web browser, the address bar enabling a user to enter a uniform resource locator associated with the web page.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the search field is configured to receive input for a web-based search.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the first and second search query options and a graphical component for the first and second search query options are displayed within the search field of the web browser.

19. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

displaying a web page in a web browser, at least in part by displaying web page text;

acquiring a search term via a search field of the web browser while the web browser is displaying the web page;

determining that the search term occurs at least once within the web page text of the displayed web page;

displaying, responsive to the determination, a first search query option in association with the search field of the web browser, wherein the first search query option is an option for performing a search of the search term within the web page text of the displayed web page without performing a web search;

performing a search for additional web page data related to at least a portion of the search term; and

displaying additional search query options based on results of the performed search, the additional search query options being displayed in association with the search field of the web browser.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a selection of the first search query option by a user;

responsive to the selection, performing a text-based search for the search term within the web page text of the displayed web page;

displaying the web page text of the displayed web page in a content area of the web browser, wherein the displayed web page text identifies at least one occurrence of the search term within the web page; and

generating predictions for the first search query option and the additional search query options based on the portion of the search term,

wherein displaying the first search query option and the additional search query options is based on the generated predictions.