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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2007
Sean Lyndersay, Mountain View, CA (US);
Warren G Stevens, Redmond, WA (US);
Benjamin N Truelove, Lynwood, WA (US);
Amy Adams Placzkiewicz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Sebastien Zimmermann, Seattle, WA (US);
Tariq Sharif, Issaquah, WA (US);
Eric a Vera, Kirkland, WA (US);
Sharon Cohen, Redmond, WA (US);
Mike Pell, Woodinville, WA (US);
Jonathan a Gass, Seattle, WA (US);
Sean Lyndersay, Mountain View, CA (US);
Warren G Stevens, Redmond, WA (US);
Benjamin N Truelove, Lynwood, WA (US);
Amy Adams Placzkiewicz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Sebastien Zimmermann, Seattle, WA (US);
Tariq Sharif, Issaquah, WA (US);
Eric A Vera, Kirkland, WA (US);
Sharon Cohen, Redmond, WA (US);
Mike Pell, Woodinville, WA (US);
Jonathan A Gass, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A Web browser includes a quick pick search provider menu that provides a user interface which provides a user with the ability to quickly select a new search provider which appears when the user places focus in the Web browser's search box. In one or more embodiments, the Web browser's search box comprises a native part of the Web browser and is not a search box associated with an installed tool bar. In other embodiments, search box functionality is provided as an extension to the Web browser. Further, various embodiments enable the user to switch between search providers in an easy and intuitive way. Yet other embodiments provide an opportunity for users to switch between search providers using keywords in the search box. Further embodiments enable users to define collections of search providers to which individual searches can be sent.