CONTEXT-SENSITIVE SEARCHES AND FUNCTIONALITY FOR INSTANT MESSAGING APPLICATIONS

摘要

In the context of an instant messaging application, a conversation is analyzed and contextually or textually relevant keywords and/or phrases are identified. Keywords or phrases are highlighted in a visually-identifiable manner for selection by an individual participating in the conversation. Once selected by an individual, a user interface is presented and exposes various contextually-or textually-relevant material or functionality that pertains to the selected word or phrase. An individual can also manually select a word or phrase to access the user interface. At least some of this relevant material or functionality is presented to the user in the context of the instant messaging application and in a manner in which it can be consumed by the individual within the instant messaging application itself.