SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SINGLE INPUT FIELD HAVING MULTIPLE PROCESSING POSSIBILITIES

摘要

Disclosed herein are methods for providing a buy option to search results in a generalized search engine. That one location for a search field can be a website, an application, a search bar in a web browser, etc. Rather than navigating to a website to perform a search in the context of that website, a user can instead navigate to or open a generalized search field. Via the generalized search field, the system can analyze the input from the user and the resulting context. A buy button can be included a search result to the user input in the input search field. Payment for an item can be processing using a payment account registered with the system with delivery coordinated with a separate merchant via an application programming interface.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
presenting an input field on a user interface, wherein the input field is associated with processing data using a generalized search engine that indexes and searches both merchant websites and non-merchant websites; receiving input from a user in the input field to yield user input; when the user input indicates a search intent:
presenting a search result comprising a non-merchant website;receiving a search interaction associated with the non-merchant website; andtransitioning the user to the non-merchant website; when the user input indicates a purchase intent:
receiving, via an application programing interface, data associated with item from a merchant site, the item being selected based on the user input;presenting a purchase-related search result comprising a buy now option associated with the item;receiving a user interaction associated with the buy now option; andbased on the user interaction, processing a payment for the item via stored payment information for the user at the generalized search engine to yield purchasing data; andcommunicating the purchasing data via the application programming interface to the merchant site, whereby the merchant site can manage delivery of the item to the user.