Customizable autocomplete option

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017192624-A1
Application number	US-201514985073-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 30, 2015
Priority date	Dec 30, 2015
Publication date	Jul 6, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method may include determining a first autocomplete option with respect to a data-field of a graphical user interface (GUI) of an electronic device. The method may further include generating the first autocomplete option such that a plurality of characters of the first autocomplete option are individually selectable by a user action. The method may additionally include providing the first autocomplete option via the GUI.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method comprising:
determining a first autocomplete option with respect to a data-field of a graphical user interface (GUI) of an electronic device; generating the first autocomplete option such that a plurality of characters of the first autocomplete option are individually selectable by a user action; providing the first autocomplete option via the GUI; and generating a second autocomplete option based on and in response to selection of the first autocomplete option and based on and in response to selection one or more of the plurality of characters of the first autocomplete option, wherein the selection is indicated by user input generated based on one or more user actions.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the second autocomplete option includes excluding, from the second autocomplete option, one or more characters of the first autocomplete option that follow a user-selected character of the first autocomplete option.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein generating the second autocomplete option further includes including, in the second autocomplete option, every character of the first autocomplete option that precedes the user-selected character.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein generating the second autocomplete option further includes including one or more new characters in the second autocomplete option following the user-selected character, wherein the one or more new characters are different from one or more characters that follow the user-selected character in the first autocomplete option.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the one or more new characters are indicated by the user input.

6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the one or more new characters are based on a previous autocomplete option.

7 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the one or more new characters are based on previously entered data in the data-field.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the second autocomplete option includes modifying a user-selected character of the first autocomplete option based on the user input.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the second autocomplete option further includes excluding one or more characters of the first autocomplete option from the second autocomplete option in response to the user input indicating deletion of the one or more characters.

10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating one or more additional autocomplete options based on the second autocomplete option, wherein the one or more additional autocomplete options include every character included in the second autocomplete option.

11 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising populating the data-field with the second autocomplete option.

12 . Computer-readable storage media that include instructions stored thereon that, in response to being executed by one or more processors, cause a system to perform the method of claim 1 .

13 . A method comprising:
generating a first autocomplete list of a plurality of autocomplete options with respect to a data-field of a graphical user interface (GUI) of an electronic device, wherein each of the plurality of autocomplete options includes a plurality of characters that are individually selectable by a user action; and modifying, to generate a second autocomplete list, the first autocomplete list based on and in response to selection of a character of a selected autocomplete option of the plurality of autocomplete options, wherein the selection is indicated by user input generated based on one or more user actions.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the selected autocomplete option includes a preceding portion that includes the selected character and every character that precedes the selected character and wherein modifying the first autocomplete list to generate the second autocomplete list includes excluding from the second autocomplete list autocomplete options of the first autocomplete list that do not have portions that match the preceding portion.

15 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
modifying the selected character based on the user input; and determining a preceding portion that includes the modified selected character and every character that precedes the modified selected character; and wherein modifying the first autocomplete list to generate the second autocomplete list includes excluding from the second autocomplete list autocomplete options of the first autocomplete list that do not have portions that match the preceding portion.

16 . The method of claim 13 further comprising including a new autocomplete option in the second autocomplete list that is not included in the first autocomplete list based on the selected character.

17 . Computer-readable storage media that include instructions stored thereon that, in response to being executed by one or more processors, cause a system to perform the method of claim 13 .

18 . A method comprising:
determining a first autocomplete option with respect to a data-field of a graphical user interface (GUI) of an electronic device; generating the first autocomplete option such that a plurality of characters of the first autocomplete option are individually selectable by a user action; and providing the first autocomplete option via the GUI.

19 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising generating a second autocomplete option based on and in response to selection of the first autocomplete option and based on and in response to selection one or more of the plurality of characters of the first autocomplete option, wherein the selection is indicated by user input generated based on one or more user actions.

20 . The method of claim 18 , wherein generating the second autocomplete option includes excluding, from the second autocomplete option, one or more characters of the first autocomplete option that follow a user-selected character of the first autocomplete option.

Assignees

• Ebay Inc

Inventors

• Wu Junlong
• Ge Shenyi

Classifications

• G06F3/0237

  using prediction or retrieval techniques · CPC title

• G06F40/274

  Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs · CPC title

• G06F16/90328

  using search space presentation or visualization, e.g. category or range presentation and selection · CPC title

• G06F3/0482 Primary

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F17/30973

  Physics · mapped topic