US 11,797,529 B2
Rendering interactive subsidiary application(s) in response to a search request
Mike K. Lee, Santa Clara, CA (US); Weizhao Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Swaminathan Subramanian, Santa Clara, CA (US); Yunbing Tan, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Allen Harvey, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/471,664.
Application 17/471,664 is a continuation of application No. 16/809,012, filed on Mar. 4, 2020, granted, now 11,120,017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0406261 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 16/242 (2019.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06Q 50/12 (2012.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 16/25 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/2428 (2019.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 16/243 (2019.01); G06F 16/252 (2019.01); G06Q 50/12 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implemented by one or more processors, the method comprising:
receiving a request for linking a search query with a subsidiary application, of a third party, wherein the request is transmitted by a third party entity;
in response to receiving the request:
determining whether a webpage, of the third party, is currently responsive to the search query, and
determining whether to link the subsidiary application with the search query, wherein determining whether to link the subsidiary application with the search query is contingent on whether the webpage is currently responsive to the search query; and
in response to determining to link the subsidiary application with the search query:
linking the subsidiary application with the search query, wherein linking the subsidiary application with the search query causes the subsidiary application to be at least selectively rendered in response to future occurrences of the search query.