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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2010
Scott James Forstall, Mountain View, CA (US);
Donald D. Melton, San Carlos, CA (US);
John William Sullivan, Pacific Grove, CA (US);
Darin Benjamin Adler, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Scott James Forstall, Mountain View, CA (US);
Donald D. Melton, San Carlos, CA (US);
John William Sullivan, Pacific Grove, CA (US);
Darin Benjamin Adler, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Providing immediate search feedback is disclosed. Search input is received within a search field of a web browser application. Based on characteristics of the search input, a determination is made whether to automatically submit a query to a search engine. In one aspect, the query is automatically submitted to the search engine. The query is based on the received first search input. Results are displayed within the web browser application, the results web page returned from the query submitted to the search engine.