US 9,690,833 B2
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEXT DISAMBIGUATION AND CONTEXT DESIGNATION IN INCREMENTAL SEARCHGeneral
US 9,690,833 B2
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEXT DISAMBIGUATION AND CONTEXT DESIGNATION IN INCREMENTAL SEARCH
Tech Center:
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Examiner:
William Titcomb
Art Unit:
2141 Graphical User Interface and Document Processing
Agent:
Inventors:
Rakesh Barve; Murali Aravamudan; Manish Mohan Sharma; Pankaj Garg; Sashikumar Venkataraman; Sankar Ardhanari
Assignee:
Priority:
05/23/08
Filed:
05/26/16
Granted:
06/27/17
Expiration:
05/25/27
Abstract
Methods and systems for text disambiguation and context designation in incremental search are provided. A method for selecting items in response to ambiguous keystrokes entered by a user and unambiguous metadata associated with a previously selected search result includes receiving ambiguous keystrokes, selecting and presenting a first subset of items and metadata associated with the items presented based on the ambiguous keystrokes. The method also includes receiving a selection of one of the items from the user, and, in response to a locking operation received from the user, locking in fixed relation at least one of the ambiguous keystrokes to at least one metadata term associated with the selected item. The method further includes, subsequent to receiving the locking operation, selecting and presenting a second subset of items based at least in part on the locked metadata term, and presenting the second subset of items.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
G06G06F16/90324G06F