Patent ID: 8850358

Claim:
A method of facilitating search based on keyboard interactions, the method being implemented on a machine having at least one processor, storage, and communication platform, the method comprising: receiving, from a user, a search request that specifies at least one search term; obtaining, from a first source having a first set of content items, one or more first content items relating to the at least one search term; providing, to the user, one or more first search results that includes the one or more first content items; determining a first press from the user of a first key; obtaining, from a second source having a second set of content items, one or more second content items relating to the at least one search term in response to the first press of the first key; providing, to the user, one or more second search results that includes the one or more second content items; determining a second press from the user of the first key; obtaining, from a third source having a third set of content items, one or more third content items relating to the at least one search term in response to the second press of the first key; and providing, to the user, one or more third search results that includes the one or more third content items.