Patent Document ID: 8510285
Application ID: 13212793

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: detecting an occurrence of a pre-search trigger, the pre-search trigger corresponding to a user action to gain access to a search interface at a particular time; identifying a user associated with the pre-search trigger; identifying a topic classified as a likely topic of interest for the identified user based on a browsing history of the identified user or a search query history of the identified user; in response to detecting the occurrence of the pre-search trigger, determining a confidence score associated with the topic based on the particular time of the user action, the confidence score indicating a likelihood that the topic is of interest to the identified user at the particular time determining that the confidence score associated with the topic satisfies a predetermined threshold value; instructing a search engine to execute a search using a search query associated with the particular topic in response to determining that the confidence score associated with the particular topic satisfies the predetermined threshold value; and providing a representation of a resource identified in results received in response to the search.

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Claim 11:
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting the pre-search trigger comprises receiving a request to provide the search interface, wherein the request is not related to the topic; wherein identifying the topic comprises predicting that the topic is of interest to the identified user without receiving user input indicating that the topic is currently of interest to the identified user; and wherein providing the representation of the resource comprises providing the representation of the resource with the search interface in response to detecting the pre-search trigger, before the user provides any query terms related to the topic through the provided search interface.