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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2024
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Yana Yushkina, Seattle, WA (US);
Carlos Augusto Marin Capriles, Venice, CA (US);
Gabrielle Chung, Santa Clara, CA (US);
John Oliver Por, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tarun Bansal, Bellevue, WA (US);
Greg Duman Schechter, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Allison Stanfield, Beaverton, OR (US);
Anudeep Palanki, Sammamish, WA (US);
Michael Blair Crouse, Seattle, WA (US);
Frank Goodman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas Lukaszewicz, Manly, AU;
Timothy Sohn, Los Altos, CA (US);
Wilson Shih-Wei Sun, Shoreline, WA (US);
Juan Alberto Mojica, Alhambra, CA (US);
Duncan Andres Mercer, Orange, CA (US);
Justin Gabriel Donnelly, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Leonardo Jesus Peña, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Jason Xia Hu, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Lilyana Simeonova Mihalkova, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Ji Young Lee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Gabriel Mintzer Bender, Mountain View, CA (US);
Behzad Golshan, Los Altos, CA (US);
Bhavesh Sethi, Mountain View, CA (US);
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A browser-based tool is disclosed for providing context-based assistance during web browsing. An example method involves receiving a contextual search request pertaining to main content displayed in a browser's display area, extracting content from the main content, receiving a contextual suggestion based on the extracted content, and displaying the contextual suggestion in a designated contextual search area within the browser. This innovative approach streamlines the search process by providing users with relevant suggestions based on the content they are currently viewing, thereby improving efficiency in navigating online information.