PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL SEARCH RESULTS IN REPSONSE TO USER INTEREST SIGNAL

摘要

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing search results. A first query suggestion for a search query input is received, and a first set of image search results responsive to the query suggestion is received. Both are provided to a user device in response to the search query input. After providing the first set of image search results to the user device, a signal of user interest is detected in either of the query suggestion or at least one of the image search results. The detection is prior to receiving another search query input subsequent to the search query input. In response to the detection, a second set of image search results is provided to the user device to supplement the first set of image search results previously provided to the user device. The second set of image search results are responsive to the query suggestion.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, from a user device, a first search query input comprising one or more characters; receiving a first query suggestion from a query suggestion service, the first query suggestion having been generated based on the first search query input and being different from the first search query input; receiving a first set of image search results, each of the image search results referencing an image responsive to the first query suggestion; providing the first set of the image search results and the first query suggestion to the user device for display on the user device, in response to the first search query input; after providing the first set of image search results to the user device, detecting, by a computer, a signal of user interest in either of the first query suggestion or at least one image search result in the first set of image search results, the detection of the signal of user interest occurring at or before a timeout expiration and being prior to receiving a second search query input subsequent to the first search query input; and in response to detecting the signal of user interest and prior to receiving the second search query input subsequent to the first search query input, providing a second set of image search results to the user device for concurrent display with the first set of image search results previously provided to the user device, the first set of image search results being unmodified, and the second set of image search results being responsive to the first query suggestion.