Method and system for generating search shortcuts and inline auto-complete entries

• US 9,600,531 B1
• Filed: 04/10/2013
• Issued: 03/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Kasting, Peter Andrew, Rakowski, Brian, Murphy, Glen, Goodger, Ben, Weber, Arnaud
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Leslie
• Application Number:
  US13/860,102
• Time in Patent Office: 1,441 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3331 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90324 using system suggestions
• 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 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

Embodiments for presenting search content is provided herein. An embodiment includes, receiving an input string in a browser input receiver, presenting a list of identifiers and search queries, wherein at least a portion of each of the identifiers and search queries match the input string, and presenting one or more search results associated with a selected search query on a display or providing a HTTP request to retrieve content associated with a selected identifier, and presenting the content on the display.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

at least one processor circuit configured to;

receive an input string in an input receiver;

determine whether the input string was typed in by an user or copied from another location and subsequently pasted into the input receiver;

if the input string was typed in by the user,

present an inline-autocomplete entry in the input receiver; and

update a repository with the input string when the input string is a Uniform Resource Locator (URL); and

if the input string was copied from another location and subsequently pasted into the input receiver,

disable an ability to provide the inline-autocomplete entry in the input receiver and to update the repository.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor circuit is further configured to:

query a match engine to return possible matches associated with the input string to use as the inline-autocomplete entry.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the at least one processor circuit is further configured to:

rank the possible matches, and using only a highest ranked match as the inline-autocomplete entry.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the input receiver comprises at least one of an input text box and an address bar.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor circuit is further configured to:

disable the inline-autocomplete entry when a cursor in the input receiver is not at an end of the input string.

6. A computer implemented method for presenting content, comprising:

receiving an input string in an input receiver;

selecting a uniform resource locator (URL) address by searching for a shortest URL address previously visited by a user, wherein at least a portion of the shortest URL address matches the input string;

trimming the selected URL address down to include only a hostname of the selected URL address; and

presenting the trimmed URL address as an inline-autocomplete entry in the input receiver.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 6, wherein the trimming occurs when no shortest URL address is found by the searching.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 6, further comprising:

querying a match engine to return possible matches associated with the input string to use as potential inline-autocomplete entries; and

ranking the possible matches.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 8, wherein the selecting the URL address comprises selecting a highest ranked URL address amongst the possible matches.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 6, further comprising:

detecting a selection of the inline-autocomplete entry; and

accessing the selected URL address in response to detecting the selection of the inline-autocomplete entry.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 6, wherein the input receiver comprises at least one of an input text box and an address bar.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 6, further comprising:

disabling the inline-autocomplete entry when a cursor in the input receiver is not at an end of the input string.

13. The computer implemented method of claim 6, further comprising:

disabling the inline-autocomplete entry when input string was pasted into the input receiver.

14. A computer program product comprising instructions stored in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the instructions comprising:

instructions to receive an input string in an input receiver;

instructions to select a uniform resource locator (URL) address by searching for a shortest URL address previously visited by a user, wherein at least a portion of the shortest URL address matches the input string;

instructions to trim the selected URL address down to include only a hostname of the selected URL address; and

instructions to present the trimmed URL address as an inline-autocomplete entry in the input receiver.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the trimming occurs when no shortest URL address is found by the searching.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the instructions further comprise:

instructions to query a match engine to return possible matches associated with the input string to use as potential inline-autocomplete entries; and

instructions to rank the possible matches.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, the instructions further comprising:

instructions to detect a selection of the inline-autocomplete entry; and

instructions to access the selected URL address in response to detecting the selection of the inline-autocomplete entry.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the input receiver comprises at least one of an input text box and an address bar.

19. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the instructions further comprise:

instructions to disable the inline-autocomplete entry when a cursor in the input receiver is not at an end of the input string.

20. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the instructions further comprise:

instructions to disable the inline-autocomplete entry when input string was pasted into the input receiver.