Time travel search using digital content snapshots

A system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
• capture, from a client device, a plurality of snapshot images by capturing static visual depictions of digital content displayed on the client device throughout navigation of at least one computer application, wherein the plurality of snapshot images comprise pixel representations of the digital content;
• generate a digital video by combining two or more captured snapshot images from among the plurality of snapshot images;
• receive, from the client device, a search query defining query content;
• determine, for the digital video, a confidence score by performing a semantic comparison of the search query and the digital video;
• and
• generate, for display on the client device, search results for the search query comprising a captured snapshot image as a frame of the digital video based on the confidence score.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing device to:

• capture, from a client device, a first snapshot image and a second snapshot image by capturing static visual depictions of digital content displayed on the client device, wherein the first snapshot image and the second snapshot image comprise pixel representations of the digital content;
• generate, from the digital content of the first snapshot image captured from the client device and the digital content of the second snapshot image captured from the client device, a digital video by combining the first snapshot image and the second snapshot image together as frames of the digital video;
• receive, from the client device, a search query defining query content;
• determine, for the digital video, a confidence score by performing a semantic comparison of the search query and the digital video;
• and
• generate, for display on the client device, search results for the search query comprising the first snapshot image and the second snapshot image as frames of the digital video based on the confidence score.