System and method for dynamically generating a selectable search extension
First Claim
1. A method for automatically presenting a search interface facility on a display comprising:
- receiving search parameters that include a search criteria and a file location to be searched;
determining that a first amount of files within the file location have file content that matches the search criteria, wherein the file content is the subject matter of a file;
determining that a plurality of attributes associated with one or more files in the file location have a file attribute value that matches the search criteria, wherein a file attribute is a characteristic of the file;
for each of the plurality of attributes, determining how many files in the file location contain an attribute value that matches the search criteria; and
displaying a search box having a first panel and a second panel, wherein the first panel displays each of the plurality of attributes with an indication adjacent to each of the plurality of attributes, wherein the indication communicates how many times an attribute displayed adjacent to the indication has an attribute value for a file in the file location that matches the search criteria, and wherein the second panel displays the first amount of files within the file location that have file content that matches the search criteria and at least one input button that activates an automatic option to change the search parameters.
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Abstract
A system and related techniques accept user-inputted search terms, for example to perform a search for files or other data or objects. Corresponding matches to those terms may be presented to the user in a “word-wheel”-type breakout list generated on the fly for groupings of hits by attributes or other criteria, as the system searches through the file system at the current level or point in the file system hierarchy. According to embodiments, when the search logic fails to locate a hit on the inputted search term at the current level or point in the file system hierarchy, an extension of the search to different levels or points in the file system hierarchy may be automatically generated, and for instance presented to the user as a selectable search box. That box may for example be highlighted to the user for easy selection. When the user does select the selectable search box, the user'"'"'s search, for instance for files of type or extension “.doc” or “.memo”, may be seamlessly extended to other files, folders, trees or other points or levels in the file system hierarchy. Search results may be continuously or dynamically updated as the user, for example, enters more characters or other data.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for automatically presenting a search interface facility on a display comprising:
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receiving search parameters that include a search criteria and a file location to be searched; determining that a first amount of files within the file location have file content that matches the search criteria, wherein the file content is the subject matter of a file; determining that a plurality of attributes associated with one or more files in the file location have a file attribute value that matches the search criteria, wherein a file attribute is a characteristic of the file; for each of the plurality of attributes, determining how many files in the file location contain an attribute value that matches the search criteria; and displaying a search box having a first panel and a second panel, wherein the first panel displays each of the plurality of attributes with an indication adjacent to each of the plurality of attributes, wherein the indication communicates how many times an attribute displayed adjacent to the indication has an attribute value for a file in the file location that matches the search criteria, and wherein the second panel displays the first amount of files within the file location that have file content that matches the search criteria and at least one input button that activates an automatic option to change the search parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of generating and displaying search results comprising:
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receiving a first input symbol; concurrently searching a set of files in a file system to generate a first plurality of files that have one or more file attribute values that match the first input symbol and a second plurality of files that have file content that matches the first input symbol; concurrently displaying a first interface that displays one or more file attributes that are associated with the one or more file attributes values from the first plurality of files and at least how many files in the second plurality of files are associated with each attribute that has an attribute value that matches the first input symbol and a second interface that displays how many files are in the second plurality of files; receiving a second input symbol; concurrently searching the set of files to update the first plurality of files to include files that have one or more file attribute values that match the first input symbol and the second input symbol and the second plurality of files to include the files that have file content that matches the first input symbol and the second input symbol; and updating the first interface based on the updated first plurality of files and a second interface based on the updated second plurality of files. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. One or more computer-storage media with computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, that when executed by a computing device performs a method for automatically presenting a search interface facility on a display, the method comprising:
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displaying an input interface to sequentially receive a first input symbol and a second input symbols; concurrently searching file content and file attribute values associated with a set of files in a file system; displaying an interface in response to receiving the first input symbol with a first panel showing first results based on results of matching the first input symbol to file attributes of files in the file system, wherein the first panel displays each of the file attributes with an indication adjacent to each of the file attributes, wherein the indication communicates how many times a file attribute displayed adjacent to the indication has an attribute value that matches the first input symbol; displaying a second panel on the interface with first results of matching the first input symbol to the content of the files in the file system; and displaying updated first and second panels in response to receiving the second input symbol based on second results produced by searching the first results of matching the first symbol to the file attributes of files in the file system and the first results of matching the first input symbol to the contents of the files in the file system, respectively, using a combination of the first and second input symbols, wherein the first and second panels are concurrently displayed and the updated first and second panels are concurrently displayed. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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