US 12,105,764 B2
Empty search state
Tal Tendler, Raanana (IL); Morgan Zerby, Kirkland, WA (US); Sigalit Sadeh, Tel Aviv (IL); and Rottem Shaul Shiloni, Ramat Gan (IL)
Assigned to Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/809,681.
Prior Publication US 2024/0004940 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 16/9532 (2019.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/9532 (2019.01) [G06F 16/951 (2019.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing a search user interface including at least two dynamic contextual categories, the method comprising:
providing the search user interface for searching a content management system in an empty search state, wherein the empty search state is a state before an input is received into a search field, the search user interface in the empty search state includes the search field, at least one contextual category including a first contextual category showing suggested search terms pertaining to the first contextual category and a second contextual category showing suggested search terms pertaining to the second contextual category, wherein the first contextual category or the second contextual category is a recent searches contextual category, a tags contextual category, a people contextual category, or a recent objects contextual category;
receiving a first input into the search field and a subsequent input into the search field, wherein the suggested search terms within the first contextual category and the second contextual category are repeatedly refined as further subsequent inputs are received into the search user interface;
repeatedly updating the first contextual category and the second contextual category, respectively, as additional inputs are received into the search field; and
updating the search user interface to show suggested search results.