Google Inc.

Yosi Markovich

Lev Finkelstein

Yossi Matias

Sean Liu

Jack Wright Menzel

Tomer Shmiel

Nicholas Fey

Nicholas Brock Weininger

Radu C Cornea

Dmitry Zinenko

Shaul Markovitch

Dan Guez

Giora Unger

Itzhak Barokas

Dror Eiger

In general, aspects of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of receiving a search query initial input from a user, receiving a plurality of query auto-completions based on the search query initial input, receiving social graph data, the social graph data being specific to the user, for each query auto-completion of the plurality of query auto-completions, determining a ranking score, the ranking score being determined at least partially based on the social graph data, and transmitting instructions to display the plurality of query auto-completions to the user in a rank order that is determined based on ranking scores.

Search query auto-completions based on social graph

Technology described herein enhances a user's search experience by providing refined search results that are relevant to a displayed document. Contextual search results are obtained which identify a list of documents responsive to a formulated query that is based on the user's search query, as well as one or more supplemental terms that are based on content in the displayed document during user entry of the search query. The contextual search results are then 'refined' by re-ranking the documents in the list, based on the similarity between the user's original search query and terms in these documents. This re-ranking enables contextual search results to be provided that are also highly relevant to the user's informational need.

Query formulation and search in the context of a displayed document

Methods, systems and apparatus are described herein that includes identifying a partial query entered into a search field. A query completion template is then provided for display for a category of information associated with one or more terms within the partial query, the query completion template including an interactive field that is user editable. User interaction with the interactive field is the identified. Display of the query completion template is then updated to include the results of the user interaction within the interactive of the query completion template. User selection of the updated query completion template is then identified, and in response the updated display of the query completion template is transmitted as a search query.

Interactive query completion templates

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting autocomplete suggestions. A computing device can receive a query and autocomplete suggestions for the query. The autocomplete suggestions can be displayed in a plurality of separately selectable cells arranged in a column on a user interface. While a selected cell is displayed at a first location, input indicating that a user interacted with the selected cell can be received. In response to receiving the input, the computing device can display the selected cell at a second location that is different from the first location, include the autocomplete suggestion displayed in the selected cell in the query, and display autocomplete suggestions for the extended query in a plurality of separately selectable second cells.

Presenting autocomplete suggestions

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Haifa, Israel

Yosi Markovich