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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2016
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michal Jastrzebski, Zurich, CH;
Ibrahim Badr, Brookline, MA (US);
Gokhan H. Bakir, Zurich, CH;
Aneto Okonkwo, Zurich, CH;
Marcin M. Nowak-Przygodzki, Zurich, CH;
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing contextual information to a user. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a user device, a query-independent request for contextual information relevant to an active resource displayed in an application environment on the user device, identifying entities from content in the resource, generating queries for topical information based on the entities identified from the content, identifying topical resources that are responsive to the queries for topical information, and providing, to the user device, a user interface element for display with the active resource, wherein the user interface element includes contextual information regarding the identified topical resources.