User interfaces for search systems using in-line contextual queries

摘要

Systems and methods, including user interfaces, are provided for implementing searches using contextual information associated with a Web page (or other document) that a user is viewing when a query is entered. The page includes a contextual search interface that has an associated context vector representing content of the page. When the user submits a search query via the contextual search interface, the query and the context vector are both provided to the query processor and used in responding to the query.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
based on first content that has been opened within a content presentation application executing on a client device, the client device automatically selecting context information to submit to a server; responsive to automatically selecting the context information for submission to the server, the client device automatically sending the context information from the client device to the server; responsive to sending the context information to the server, the client device receiving a first search result from the server; responsive to activation input activating a search interface, displaying the search interface; after receiving the activation input, and prior to receiving any user input of a query term via the activated search interface, displaying the first search result within a preview section of the search interface; subsequent to displaying the first search result in the preview section, receiving user input entering one or more query terms via the search interface, the one or more query terms including at least one term that is not found in the context information; sending the one or more query terms to the server; responsive to sending the one or more query terms to the server, the client device receiving a second search result from the server; displaying the second search result in the search interface at the client device.