Graphical Keyboard Integrated Search Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Computing devices can only display a graphical user interface (GUI) of a single application at a time, leading to an inefficient user experience when interacting with multiple applications, as users must switch between application GUIs to perform tasks like searching for information.
Innovation Solution
A computing device outputs a graphical keyboard with integrated search features, allowing users to input search queries and view search results within the same GUI, enabling search queries to be performed and results inserted into text edit regions without switching applications, using a presence-sensitive display and modules that manage user interactions and provide search functionality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If users switch between application GUIs to perform search tasks, then search functionality can be accessed, but user efficiency decreases and interaction complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the search application functionality directly into the graphical keyboard interface. When a user activates search mode (e.g., by pressing a search key or long-pressing the space bar), the keyboard transforms to display a search bar and search results within the same interface, eliminating the need to switch between applications. This integration allows users to perform searches and insert results directly into the text input field, significantly improving productivity and ease of operation.
2Loss of information
If the graphical keyboard displays search results, then information retrieval is enhanced, but the keyboard layout complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The graphical keyboard implements dynamic reconfiguration based on user needs. In normal mode, it displays the standard QWERTY layout. When search mode is activated, it dynamically transforms to show a search bar at the top and search results below, replacing the traditional key layout temporarily. After the search is complete, it automatically returns to the standard layout. This dynamic adaptation allows the keyboard to provide rich search functionality without permanently increasing layout complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The search interface is nested within the graphical keyboard interface rather than requiring a separate application window. The search bar and results are embedded in the keyboard area, with the search results displayed in the region where keys would normally appear. This nesting approach allows information retrieval functionality to be integrated without adding external complexity to the overall system architecture.
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AI summary
A computing device may include a presence-sensitive display, at least one processor, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to output, for display at the presence-sensitive display, a graphical keyboard including a plurality of keys and a suggestion region; determine, based on a selection of the suggestion region or one or more keys from the plurality of keys, a search query; retrieve one or more search results determined based on the search query; and output, in place of at least a portion of the graphical keyboard, a visual representation of a particular search result of the one or more search results.