US 12,380,076 B2
Column-based contextual menu with form element to add commands to a search query
Marc Vincent Robichaud, San Francisco, CA (US); Cory Eugene Burke, San Bruno, CA (US); and Jeffrey Thomas Lloyd, South San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by SPLUNK INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/212,953.
Application 17/212,953 is a continuation of application No. 15/956,131, filed on Apr. 18, 2018, granted, now 11,068,452.
Application 15/956,131 is a continuation of application No. 14/611,018, filed on Jan. 30, 2015, granted, now 9,977,803, issued on May 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0209080 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 16/22 (2019.01); G06F 16/24 (2019.01); G06F 16/2455 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/221 (2019.01) [G06F 16/24 (2019.01); G06F 16/2455 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
causing display of a table comprising rows of search results matching a search query;
in response to a first click or touch on a column header on a selected column within the table, causing display of a contextual menu of selectable options that correspond with commands to update the search query and are contextually based on an attribute of the search results that is represented by the selected column, one of the selectable options in the contextual menu being displayed as a form with a text box operable to accept a textual entry; and
based at least on receiving the textual entry into the text box in the contextual menu, configuring the search query to update the search results in the table by causing one or more commands that are based on the selectable option, the textual entry, and the attribute to be added to the search query.