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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Richard W. Ragan, Jr., Round Rock, TX (US);
Yu Wei Sun, Shanghai, CN;
John F. Kelley, Polk City, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for search exploration in a mobile application environment as well as a desktop environment is provided. The method and system utilize at least one computer processor to perform the steps of selecting a virtual object on a display interface via an indicator positioned within and associated with the virtual object. The computer processor provides dragging the indicator out of a home area and displaying at least one related property associated with the virtual object on the display while dragging outside of the home area. The computer processor provides dragging the indicator onto one or more of the at least one related property associated with the virtual object and a pausing of the indicator over at least one related property causes the computer processor to select the related property as a search parameter of a search query. Dropping the dragged indicator initiates a search based on said search query and the search is initiated based on the search query as a result of said dropping.