Using Gesture Selection to Obtain Contextually Relevant Information
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsSean Gary Nordberg, Danielle Lauren Ellbogen, Michael John Patten, Clarice Jiarui Chan
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Abstract
Described herein are various technologies pertaining to using a gesture to obtain contextually relevant information. Content within an area selected by a gesture is extracted. The extracted content and additional contextual information are packaged, optionally disambiguated, and provided to a search engine. Result(s) provided by the search engine are provided to a user to enrich the user experience.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory comprising:
- an extraction component configured to receive a gesture selecting a portion of presented content and, based upon the received gesture, extract an object within a portion of the presented content selected by the received gesture;
- and
- an identification component configured to identify additional information to package with the extracted object to assist in obtaining contextually relevant information.
A method of obtaining a contextually relevant result, the method executed by at least one computing device, the method comprising:
- receiving a gesture selecting at least a portion of an object being presented;
- extracting the object based on the received gesture;
- generating a package comprising the extracted object;
- disambiguating the package to generate a search query;
- providing the search query to a search engine;
- receiving a search result from the search engine;
- and
- presenting the search result.
A computer storage media storing computer-readable instructions that when executed cause a computing device to:
- receive a gesture selecting at least a portion of an object being a presented;
- extract the object based on the received gesture;
- identify additional information to package with the extracted object;
- generate a package comprising the extracted object and the identified additional information;
- disambiguate the package to generate a search query;
- provide the search query to a search engine;
- receive a search result from the search engine;
- and
- present the search result.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.