System and method for interfacing search request and corresponding search result

A computer program product, comprising a computer usable storage medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code containing instructions that when executed by a processor of a computer system implement a method for handling a search request and a corresponding search result, the method comprising:

• initializing interface configuration of a client program, the interface configuration comprising an input configuration variable SUBMIT_DELAY and an output configuration variable MAX_DISPLAY;
• receiving a search term from a user of the client program according to a value of SUBMIT_DELAY, wherein the value of SUBMIT_DELAY denotes a time period within which the user may continue typing characters comprised by the search term;
• submitting the search request to a server program to perform a search against a database with the received search term;
• obtaining, from the server program, the corresponding search result in response to the search request, said search result comprising at least one suggestion for the search term;
• and
• displaying the obtained search result pursuant to a value of MAX_DISPLAY, wherein the value of MAX_DISPLAY is a maximum number of said at least one suggestion that may be shown in a first display,
• wherein said initializing, said receiving, said submitting, said obtaining, and said displaying are performed by the client program.

A computer system comprising a processor and a computer readable memory unit coupled to the processor, said memory unit containing instructions that when executed by the processor implement a method for handling a search request and a corresponding search result, the method comprising:

• initializing interface configuration of a client program, the interface configuration comprising an input configuration variable SUBMIT_DELAY and an output configuration variable MAX_DISPLAY;
• receiving a search term from a user of the client program according to a value of SUBMIT_DELAY, wherein the value of SUBMIT_DELAY denotes a time period within which the user may continue typing characters comprised by the search term;
• submitting the search request to a server program to perform a search against a database with the received search term;
• obtaining, from the server program, the corresponding search result in response to the search request, said search result comprising at least one suggestion for the search term;
• and
• displaying the obtained search result pursuant to a value of MAX_DISPLAY, wherein the value of MAX_DISPLAY is a maximum number of said at least one suggestion that may be shown in a first display,
• wherein said initializing, said receiving, said submitting, said obtaining, and said displaying are performed by the client program.