User readability improvement for dynamic updating of search results
AssigneeEMC Corporation
InventorsPierre-Yves Chevalier, Marc Brette
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Abstract
A system for moving search results visibly comprises an interface, a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to a) determine an ordering of one or more results in a subsequent set of search results as merged into a displayed set of search results; b) determine one or more interleaving positions for the subsequent set of search results in the displayed set of search results; c) cause the creation of one or more blank spaces in the one or more interleaving positions; and d) cause a display of one or more results in the subsequent set of search results in the one or more blank spaces. The memory causes a display of one or more results in the subsequent set of search results in the one or more blank spaces.
Claims20
A system for moving search results visibly comprising:
- an interface;
- and
- a processor coupled to the interface and configured to:
- perform a search based on a search query inputted into the interface, wherein the search returns a first set of search results from a first repository and a subsequent set of search results from a second repository;
- cause a display of a set of search results comprising the first set of search results before the subsequent set of search results is returned from the second repository;
- in response to the subsequent set of search results being returned, animate the creation of one or more blank spaces for one or more search results of the subsequent set of search results by moving one or more search results of the first set of search results, wherein the one or more search results of the first set of search results are shown to move at a rate selected to enable a user to perceive the subsequent search results being added to the set of search results;
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- cause a display of one or more results of the subsequent set of search results in the one or more blank spaces.
A method for moving search results visibly, comprising:
- performing a search based on a search query inputted into the interface, wherein the search returns a first set of search results from a first repository and a subsequent set of search results from a second repository;
- causing a display of a set of search results comprising the first set of search results before the subsequent set of search results is returned from the second repository;
- in response to the subsequent set of search results being returned, animating the creation of one or more blank spaces for one or more search results of the subsequent set of search results by moving one or more search results of the first set of search results, wherein the one or more search results of the first set of search results are shown to move at a rate selected to enable a user to perceive the subsequent search results being added to the set of search results;
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- causing a display of one or more results of the subsequent set of search results in the one or more blank spaces.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer instructions for:
- performing a search based on a search query inputted into the interface, wherein the search returns a first set of search results from a first repository and a subsequent set of search results from a second repository;
- causing a display of a set of search results comprising the first set of search results before the subsequent set of search results is returned from the second repository;
- in response to the subsequent set of search results being returned, animating the creation of one or more blank spaces for one or more search results of the subsequent set of search results by moving one or more search results of the first set of search results, wherein the one or more search results of the first set of search results are shown to move at a rate selected to enable a user to perceive the subsequent search results being added to the set of search results;
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- causing a display of one or more results of the subsequent set of search results in the one or more blank spaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.