Patent ID: 7853606
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method performed on a client device, the method comprising: identifying an open dialog of a client application executing on the client device, wherein the open dialog is displayed responsive to actions in a parent window of the client application and comprises an open button causing a file selected in the open dialog to be opened and a cancel button causing the open dialog to close and control to return to the parent window; identifying a search query directed to a network search engine executing on a server device located remotely from the client device; receiving a search result set responsive to the search query from the network search engine, wherein the search result set comprises a first article identifier representing a first file storing a first article, and a second article identifier representing a second file storing a second article, the first article of a file format compatible with the client application and the second article of a file format not compatible with the client application; obtaining a window handle of the open dialog; identifying regions of the open dialog that are available for displaying text by issuing an application programming interface (API) call with the window handle as an argument; and displaying at least the first article identifier within one of the identified regions of the open dialog.