Extending document editors to assimilate documents returned by a search engine

An apparatus for configuring a document editor, said apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith and executable by the at least one processor, the computer readable program code comprising:
• computer readable program code configured to load a search client add-in within a document editor, wherein the search client add-in facilitates communication between the document editor and a search engine;
• computer readable program code configured to, thereafter, download and open, in the document editor, a document returned as a search result from the search engine and selected by a user for download;
• computer readable program code configured to send, from the search client add-in to a server extension in the search engine, after opening the document, a request to initialize a connection for the document, wherein the request comprises identifiers of the document and credentials of the user;
• computer readable program code configured to identify, by the server extension and in response to the request to initialize a connection, a latest query issued by the user that returned a result referring to the document;
• computer readable program code configured to return, by the server extension, a query connection object for the user for the latest query of the user, wherein the query connection object comprises (i) a query identification identifying the latest query and (ii) a result identification identifying result of the latest query;
• computer readable program code configured to thereafter, establish a connection for the document between a location in the document and the result of the query connection object and identifying the connection as a document connection object;
• after establishing the connection, and responsive to receiving, at the server extension, a request for information from the search client add-in, wherein the request is associated with the document connection object, computer readable program code configured to (i) return, from the server extension, meta-data about the result of the query connection object and (ii) highlight, in the document editor, regions of the document corresponding to the meta-data;
• after establishing the connection, and responsive to receiving, at the server extension, a tag or rating for the document from the search client add-in, computer readable program code configured to re-index, at the server extension, the document with the received tags or ratings;
• and
• after establishing the connection, and responsive to receiving, at the server extension, a second query comprising selected text within the document from the search client add-in computer readable program code configured to (i) fire, at the server extension, the second query and (ii) return, from the server extension, results of the second query.

A computer program product for configuring a document editor, said computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
• computer readable program code configured to load a search client add-in within a document editor, wherein the search client add-in facilitates communication between the document editor and a search engine;
• computer readable program code configured to, thereafter, download and open, in the document editor, a document returned as a search result from the search engine and selected by a user for download;
• computer readable program code configured to send, from the search client add-in to a server extension in the search engine, after opening the document, a request to initialize a connection for the document, wherein the request comprises identifiers of the document and credentials of the user;
• computer readable program code configured to identify, by the server extension and in response to the request to initialize a connection, a latest query issued by the user that returned a result referring to the document;
• computer readable program code configured to return, by the server extension a query connection object for the user for the latest query of the user, wherein the query connection object comprises (i) a query identification identifying the latest query and (ii) a result identification identifying a result of the latest query;
• computer readable program code configured to thereafter, establish a connection for the document between a location in the document and the result of the query connection object and identifying the connection as a document connection object;
• after establishing the connection, and responsive to receiving, at the server extension, a request for information from the search client add-in, wherein the request is associated with the document connection object, computer readable program code configured to (i) return, from the server extension, meta-data about the result of the query connection object and (ii) highlight, in the document editor, regions of the document corresponding to the meta-data;
• after establishing the connection, and responsive to receiving, at the server extension, a tag or rating for the document from the search client add-in, computer readable program code configured to re-index, at the server extension, the document with the received tags or ratings;
• and
• after establishing the connection, and responsive to receiving, at the server extension, a second query comprising selected text within the document from the search client add-in, computer readable program code configured to (i) fire, at the server extension, the second query and (ii) return, from the server extension, results of the second query.