Enhanced Searching at an Electronic Device
AssigneeAcer Incorporated
InventorJhao-Dong Chiu
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Abstract
Presented herein are enhanced techniques for searching content using an electronic device. In accordance with the enhanced searching techniques, the electronic device detects a user's selection of information displayed at the electronic device. The electronic device subsequently detects that the user has dragged the selected information to a search field displayed at the electronic device and automatically identifies the information type. The electronic device conducts a search of a search space based on the selected information dragged into the search field, wherein the search is specific for the information type.
Claims16
A method, comprising:
- detecting that a user has selected information displayed at an electronic device;
- detecting that the user has dragged the selected information to a search field displayed at the electronic device;
- automatically identifying the information type;
- and
- conducting a search based on the selected information dragged into the search field, wherein the search is specific for the information type.
One or more computer readable storage media encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions and when the software is executed operable to:
- detect that a user has selected information displayed at an electronic device;
- detect that the user has dragged the selected information to a search field displayed at the electronic device;
- automatically identify the information type;
- and
- conduct a search based on the selected information dragged into the search field, wherein the search is specific for the information type.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.