Intelligent results using a spelling correction agent

• US 9,053,175 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2013
• Issued: 06/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Mehanna, Lara, Hasan, Shawkat, Vandermolen, Harmannus, Campbell, Gerald
• Primary Examiner(s): Swearingen, Jeffrey R
• Application Number:
  US13/754,458
• Publication Number:
  US 20130151546A1
• Time in Patent Office: 860 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2453 Query optimisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2455 Query execution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24553 of query operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3322 using system suggestions G06F16/3325 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols

Abstract

Information may be presented to a user by using a first application to receive a character stream of one or more noncompletion characters. The noncompletion characters indicate that additional characters may be received. The character stream is exchanged with a host that analyzes the character stream to generate results that are responsive to the user'"'"'s predicted interest. Results are received and displayed so that the user may select one of the results to launch a code segment related to the selected result.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a character stream of non-completion characters input by a user;

performing, using at least one processor, a spelling analysis of the character stream;

modifying the character stream based on the analysis to form a modified character stream;

performing a search using the modified character stream; and

providing one or more results of the search prior to input of a completion character by the user.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein performing a spelling analysis of the character stream comprises identifying a typographical mistake.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising displaying the modified character stream to the user prior to display of the one or more results of the search.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising receiving the character stream of non-completion characters in an address line of a web browser installed on a client computing device.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising receiving the character stream of non-completion characters in a text entry field of a web page loaded by a web browser installed on a client computing device.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the completion character is a carriage return.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the character stream of non-completion characters is received from a client computing device at which they were input by the user; and

providing one or more results of the search comprises sending the results of the search to the client computing device.

8. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein the client computing device is a mobile device.

9. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the mobile device is a wireless phone.

10. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein modifying the character stream comprises replacing the character stream with an alternative character stream of non-completion characters identified based on the analysis.

11. A system comprising at least one processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including a set of instructions that, when executed by the least one processor, cause the system to perform steps comprising:

receiving a character stream of non-completion characters input by a user;

performing a spelling analysis of the character stream;

modifying the character stream based on the analysis;

initiating a search using the modified character stream; and

providing one or more results of the search prior to input of a completion character by the user.

12. The system as recited in claim 11, wherein performing a spelling analysis of the character stream comprises identifying a typographical mistake.

13. The system as recited in claim 12, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform the step of displaying the modified character stream to the user prior to display of the one or more results of the search.

14. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein the character stream of non-completion characters is received in an address line of a web browser installed on a client computing device.

15. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the completion character is a carriage return.

16. The system as recited in claim 11, wherein the character stream of non-completion characters is received from a client computing device at which they were input by the user, and wherein providing one or more results of the search comprises sending the results of the search to the client computing device.

17. The system as recited in claim 16, wherein the client computing device is a mobile device.

18. The system as recited in claim 17, wherein the mobile device is a wireless phone.

19. The system as recited in claim 11, wherein modifying the character stream comprises replacing the character stream with an alternative character stream of non-completion characters identified based on the analysis.

20. The system as recited in claim 11, wherein the character stream of non-completion characters is received in a text entry field of a web page loaded by a web browser installed on a client computing device.