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US 2014/0229477 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for displaying search results using tabs
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsTomas COSTELLO, Louis MONIER
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Abstract
A graphical user interface includes tabs representative of different classes of search results. The tabs are derived in response to the processing of a query. The different classes of search results group content by meaning, such that a query term with different meanings produces different classes of search results with different meanings.
Claims21
1-28. (canceled)
A system comprising:
- one or more devices to:
- identify a plurality of meanings associated with a term of a search query;
- identify a plurality of related queries associated with the plurality of meanings,
- each related query, of the plurality of related queries, corresponding to
- a respective meaning of the plurality of meanings,
- each related query, of the plurality of related queries, including the term and one or more additional terms;
- and
- provide, for display in a browser window, information identifying a plurality of search results relating to the search query and the plurality of related queries,
- when providing the information identifying the plurality of search results, the one or more devices are to:
- provide the information identifying the plurality of search results for display in a plurality of tabs of the browser window,
- each tab, of the plurality of tabs, identifying a related query of the plurality of related queries,
- each tab, of the plurality of tabs, including information identifying one or more search results of the plurality of search results.
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A method comprising:
- identifying, by one or more devices, a plurality of meanings associated with a term of a search query;
- identifying, by the one or more devices, a plurality of related queries associated with the plurality of meanings,
- each related query, of the plurality of related queries, corresponding to a respective meaning of the plurality of meanings,
- each related query, of the plurality of related queries, including the term and one or more additional terms;
- and
- providing, by the one or more devices and for display in a browser window, information identifying a plurality of search results relating to the search query and the plurality of related queries,
- providing the information identifying the plurality of search results including:
- providing the information identifying the plurality of search results for display in a plurality of tabs of the browser window,
- each tab, of the plurality of tabs, identifying a related query of the plurality of related queries,
- each tab, of the plurality of tabs, including information identifying one or more search results of the plurality of search results.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
- a plurality of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- identify a plurality of meanings associated with a term of a search query;
- identify a plurality of search results relating to the search query;
- identify a plurality of groups of search results,
- each group of search results, of the plurality of groups of search results, corresponding to a different meaning of the plurality of meanings;
- and
- provide, for display in a browser window, information identifying the plurality of search results,
- one or more instructions, of the plurality of instructions, to provide the information identifying the plurality of search results including:
- one or more instructions to provide, for display in the browser window, the plurality of groups of search results,
- each group of search results, of the plurality of groups of search results, including information identifying one or more search results of the plurality of search results.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.