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

摘要

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for unifying access to multiple websites or other information sources such that the user only needs to visit one location, and utilize one input search field. That one location 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 implicitly or explicitly process and analyze the input from the user and the resulting context. Thus, the user goes to the website second, after the search is entered. This approach reduces the number of interactions, starting when the user opens a browser or application, to get to a purchase or a search result.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
presenting an input field on a user interface, wherein the input field is associated with a generalized Internet search engine that serves search results based on crawling and indexing web pages from at least 25,000 individual domains; receiving user input from a user in the input field; presenting a user-selectable option on the user interface, the user-selectable option being associated with processing a purchase of an item associated with the user input, wherein the purchase is processed and completed via a process-purchasing engine and based on a single interaction between the user and the user-selectable option, the single interaction being a first interaction after receiving the user input; receiving the single interaction with the user-selectable option from the user; and processing, based on the single interaction, the purchase of the item associated with the user input.