Host-based intelligent results related to a character stream
AssigneeFacebook, Inc.
InventorsLara Mehanna, Shawkat Hasan, Harmannus Vandermolen, Gerald Campbell
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Abstract
Information may be presented to a user by using a first application to receive a character stream of one or more noncompletion characters. The noncompletion characters indicate that additional characters may be received. The character stream is exchanged with a host that analyzes the character stream to generate results that are responsive to the user's predicted interest. Results are received and displayed so that the user may select one of the results to launch a code segment related to the selected result.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving a character stream of non-completion characters input by a user;
- initiating, using at least one processor, a search query using the character stream of non-completion characters;
- identifying search results resulting from the search query;
- modifying, using the at least one processor, the identified search results to tailor the search results based on contextual information from a user profile of the user;
- and
- providing, for display to the user, the modified search results prior to input of a completion character by the user.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause a computer system to:
- receive a character stream of non-completion characters input by a user;
- initiate a search query using the character stream of non-completion characters;
- identify search results resulting from the search query;
- modify the identified search results to tailor the search results to based on contextual information from a user profile of the user;
- and
- provide, for display to the user, the modified search results prior to input of a completion character by the user.
A system, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
- receive a character stream of non-completion characters input by a user;
- initiate a search query using the character stream of non-completion characters;
- identify search results resulting from the search query;
- modify the identified search results to tailor the search results to based on contextual information from a user profile of the user;
- and
- provide, for display to the user, the modified search results prior to input of a completion character by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.