Facebook, Inc.

Michael Yehuda Rothschild

Tirunelveli R Vishwanath

Varun Vikram Bhartia

Alexander P Stein

Ravit Bennier

Ethan Charles Stock

Maykel Andreas Louisa Jozef Anna Loomans

Kurchi Subhra Hazra

Tudor M Trufinescu

Nidhi Gupta

A method includes receiving a query identifying a first entity associated with the online social network. The method then includes accessing a deep-link index of the online social network including a plurality of records of indexed deep-links to a plurality of third-party applications. A deep link to the third-party application may include instructions for accessing a display state of the third-party application associated with the entity. The method further includes identifying one or more records of the deep-link index having an entity-identifier matching the identified first entity of the query, and sending one or more search results responsive to the query. The search results may include deep links corresponding to one or more of the identified records, and each deep link may be selectable by the first user to access a display state of a third-party application associated with the first entity of the query.

Searching for application content with social plug-ins

A method includes receiving, from a first application via a social plug-in associated with the online social network, a request for content from a second application. The content may be related to an entity associated with the online social network. The first application may be a third party application. The request may include an entity-identifier of the entity, an application-identifier of the first application, and a deep link to the first application including instructions for accessing a display state of the first application associated with the request. The method further includes accessing a deep-link index of the online social network including a plurality of records indexing deep-links to third-party applications, and then generating a record in the deep-link index corresponding to the requested entity. The record may include the entity-identifier of the entity, the application-identifier of the first application, and the deep link to the first application.

Search indices for social plug-ins

The present disclosure provides a method including identifying an initial search result corresponding to a search query; concurrently displaying an animation for a context module comprising information associated with the initial search result and retrieving additional search results corresponding to the search query; and after the animation has completed, displaying information associated with the additional search results.

Search perceived performance

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a query input from the first user. The method includes generating a plurality of suggested queries based at least in part on the query input, each suggested query being of a particular query-type of a plurality of query-types. Each suggested query may include one or more snippets, each snippet including contextual information about the suggested query and one or more references to the particular query-type of the suggested query. The method includes sending one or more of the suggested queries and the respective snippets for each suggested query. Each suggested query may be visually distinguished based on the particular query-type of the suggested query, and each suggested query may be selectable to execute a search query corresponding to the suggested query.

Typeahead intent icons and snippets on online social networks

A method includes displaying, at a client device of a first user, first content associated with a first application on a user interface of the client device. The first content may be related to an entity associated with an online social network. The method then includes presenting for persistent display a first interactive element associated with a second application on the user interface, and then accessing, upon receiving the first user input selecting the first interactive element, a deep-link index of the online social network to retrieve a deep link to the second application indexed with the entity. The deep link to the second application includes instructions for accessing a display state of the second application associated with the entity. The method further includes executing, at the client device of the first user, the retrieved deep link to present the display state of the second application associated with the entity.

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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Michael Yehuda Rothschild