Search-based document user interfaces

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12045249-B2
Application number	US-202217867463-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 18, 2022
Priority date	Jan 18, 2012
Publication date	Jul 23, 2024
Grant date	Jul 23, 2024

Abstract

A method includes providing for display at a user device associated with a user a graphical user interface (GUI) of an electronic document editor application of an electronic document system. The GUI includes a document view to display at least a portion of an electronic document that is editable by the user of a first users and a search region to receive one or more search terms. The method includes receiving an indication of a user activation of the search region. Responsive to receiving the indication of the user activation of the search region, the method determines a subset of document operations, among multiple document operations, based on one or more criteria. The method provides, to the user device, an indication of the subset of document operations for display at the GUI as commands for user selection.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
providing, by a server, for display at a user device associated with a user a graphical user interface (GUI) of an electronic document editor application of an electronic document system, the GUI comprising a document view to display at least a portion of an electronic document that is editable by the user of a first plurality of users and a GUI element identifying a search region to receive one or more search terms;
receiving, by the server of the electronic document system, an indication of a user activation of the GUI element identifying the search region;
responsive to receiving the indication of the user activation of the GUI element identifying the search region, determining a subset of document operations, among a plurality of document operations, based on one or more criteria, wherein a first criterion of the one or more criteria is based on user data corresponding to the user rather than based on text of a search query associated with the search region; and
providing, to the user device, an indication of the subset of document operations for display at the GUI as GUI elements identifying commands for user selection.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the subset of document operations, among the plurality of document operations, based on the one or more criteria, comprises:
identifying a feature usage history indicating a number of times a corresponding document operation of the plurality of document operations has been selected by the user; and
determining, among the plurality of document operations, first document operations of the subset of document operations that satisfy a frequency of use criterion based on the feature usage history.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the subset of document operations, among the plurality of document operations, based on the one or more criteria, comprises:
identifying a geographic location associated with the user; and
determining, among the plurality of document operations, second document operations of the subset of document operations corresponding with the geographic location of the user.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein determining, among the plurality of document operations, the second document operations of the subset of document operations corresponding with the geographic location of the user, comprises:
determining that the second document operations satisfy a frequency of use criterion based on the frequency of use of the second document operations by other users located in a same geographic location.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the subset of document operations, among the plurality of document operations, based on the one or more criteria, comprises:
identifying a job function associated with the user; and
determining, among the plurality of document operations, third document operations of the subset of document operations corresponding with the job function of the user.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the subset of document operations, among the plurality of document operations, based on the one or more criteria, comprises:
identifying a feature search history identifying one or more search queries; and
determining, among the plurality of document operations, fourth document operations of the subset of document operations that include one or more document operations selected among results of the one or more search queries.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the subset of document operations, among the plurality of document operations, based on the one or more criteria, comprises:
identifying a document object inputted into the portion of the electronic document by the at least one of the first plurality of users; and
determining, among the plurality of document operations, fifth document operations of the subset of document operations that are related to the document object.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the subset of document operations, among the plurality of document operations, based on the one or more criteria, comprises:
identifying a feature usage history indicating previous usage of the plurality of document operations; and
determining, among the plurality of document operations, the subset of document operations that satisfy a recency of use criterion based on the feature usage history.

9. A system, comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to perform operations comprising:
providing, by a server, for display at a user device associated with a user a graphical user interface (GUI) of an electronic document editor application of an electronic document system, the GUI comprising a document view to display at least a portion of an electronic document that is editable by the user of a first plurality of users and a GUI element identifying a search region to receive one or more search terms;
receiving, by the server of the electronic document system, an indication of a user activation of the GUI element identifying the search region;
responsive to receiving the indication of the user activation of the GUI element identifying the search region, determining a subset of document operations, among a plurality of document operations, based on one or more criteria, wherein a first criterion of the one or more criteria is based on user data corresponding to the user rather than based on text of a search query associated with the search region; and
providing, to the user device, an indication of the subset of document operations for display at the GUI as GUI elements identifying commands for user selection.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein determining the subset of document operations, among the plurality of document operations, based on the one or more criteria, comprises:
identifying a feature usage history indicating a number of times a corresponding document operation of the plurality of document operations has been selected by the user; and
determining, among the plurality of document operations, first document operations of the subset of document operations that satisfy a frequency of use criterion based on the feature usage history.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein determining the subset of document operations, among the plurality of document operations, based on the one or more criteria, comprises:
identifying a geographic location associated with the user; and
determining, among the plurality of document operations, second document operations of the subset of document operations corresponding with the geographic location of the user.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein determining, among the plurality of document operations, the second document operations of the subset of document operations corresponding with the geographic location of the user, comprises:
determining that the second document operations satisfy a frequency of use criterion based on the frequency of use of the second document operations by other users located in a same geographic location.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein determining the subset of document operations, among the plurality of document operations, based on the one or more criteria, comprises:
identifying a job function associated with the user; and
determining, among the plurality of document operations, third document operations of the subset of document operations corresponding with the job function of the user.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein determining the subset of document operations, among the plurality of document operations, based on the one or more criteria, comprises:
identifying a feature search his

Assignees

• Google Llc

Inventors

• Raess Simon
• Ho Ronald

Classifications

• G06F16/248 Primary

  Presentation of query results · CPC title