Gesture based search system

Abstract

Methods, systems, and techniques for automatically initiating a search to present auxiliary content in a gesture based input system are provided Example embodiments provide a Gesture Based Search System (GBSS), which enables a gesture-based user interface to invoke (e.g., execute, generate, initiate, perform, or cause to be executed, generated, initiated, performed, or the like) a search related to an portion of electronic input that has been indicated by a received gesture. In overview, the GBSS allows a portion (e.g., an area, part, or the like) of electronically presented content to be dynamically indicated by a gesture. The GBSS then examines the indicated portion in conjunction with a set of (e.g., one or more) factors to determine input to a search. The search is then automatically initiated with the determined source input. Once search result content is determined, the result content is then presented to the user.

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