US 12,008,042 B2
Surfacing automatically-suggested search query results in separate browser tabs for improved multi-intent searching
Amit Dangwal, Hyderabad (IN); Saksham Saxena, Hyderabad (IN); Shveta Verma, Hyderabad (IN); and Kishor Chamua, Hyderabad (IN)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/880,957.
Prior Publication US 2024/0045908 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 16/9032 (2019.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/90328 (2019.01) [G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for multi-intent searching, wherein the method is implemented via a computing system comprising a processor, and wherein the method comprises:
executing, via a network, a web browser, wherein the web browser is surfaced on a display of the computing system;
surfacing, via the web browser, a search engine user interface (UI) of a search engine, wherein the search engine UI comprises a search box for specifying a search query;
responsive to first user input, entering keystrokes into the search box;
surfacing an autocomplete menu adjacent to the search box in an existing browser tab;
populating the autocomplete menu with suggested search queries related to the entered keystrokes;
surfacing individual pop-out icons within the autocomplete menu of the existing browser tab, the individual pop-out icons indicating different suggested search queries within the suggested search queries;
responsive to a user selecting a first pop-out icon within the autocomplete menu of the existing browser tab, launching a first new browser tab indicating search results corresponding to the first pop-out icon, wherein the autocomplete menu is maintained within the existing browser tab after launching the first new browser tab; and
responsive to the user selecting a second pop-out icon within the autocomplete menu being maintained within the existing browser tab, launching a second new browser tab indicating search results corresponding to the second pop-out icon, wherein the autocomplete menu continues to be maintained within the existing browser tab after launching of the second new browser tab.