Yahoo! Inc.

Jollify Management Limited

Adam Durfee

Shyam Kapur

Ashley Woodman Hall

Mihir Shah

Oliver Thomas Bayley

John Thrall

Alastair Robert Gourlay

Richard Kasperski

Ralph Rabbat

Peter Anick

Stephen L Hood

Providing a speculative search result for a search query prior to completion of the search query is described. In response to receiving a search query from a client node, a speculative search result is provided to the client node for the search query prior to receiving an indication from the client node that said search query is completely formed. The speculative search result may be displayed on the same web page on the client node as the search query, while the search query is being entered by the user. As the user further enters the search query, a new speculative search result may be provided to the user.

Speculative search result on a not-yet-submitted search query

Providing a speculative search result for a search query prior to completion of the search query. In response to receiving a search query from a client node, a speculative search result is provided to the client node for the search query prior to receiving an indication from the client node that said search query is completely formed. The speculative search result may be displayed on the same web page on the client node as the search query, while the search query is being entered by the user. As the user further enters the search query, a new speculative search result may be provided to the user.

Performing an ordered search of different databases in response to receiving a search query and without receiving any additional user input

Speculative search result based on a not-yet-submitted search query

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