Patent ID: 11907316
Assignee: nan
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 19:
20. A non-transitory processor readable medium embodying computer program instructions, wherein the instructions are operative to cause at least one processor of a computing device to carry out steps, comprising:
(a) causing to be assigned within a text entry application at least one search string text indicator,
(b) enabling receipt into the text entry application through at least one input device of the computing device, user entered text, wherein the user entered text includes as only a portion thereof the at least one search string text indicator and the search string text, wherein within the user entered text the at least one search string text indicator at least one of precedes and follows the search string text without searchable characters being intermediate of the search string text indicator and the search string text,
wherein search string text includes a plurality of user selected and arranged characters,

(c) responsive at least in part to receipt through the at least one input device of the at least one search string text indicator and the search string text in (b), automatically providing a user interface output through at least one output device of the computing device,
wherein the user interface output includes the user entered text with the search string text and the at least one search string text indicator included as a portion thereof, and a hyperlink within the user interface output of the user entered text that corresponds to the search string text,

(d) enabling receipt of at least one input through the at least one input device corresponding to user selection of the hyperlink in the user interface output,
(e) responsive at least in part to receipt of the at least one input in (d),
(i) carrying out responsive to operation of a web browser, a web search using the search string text,
(ii) receiving results of the web search, and
(iii) outputting through the at least one output device at least a portion of the results of the web search.