SEARCHING FOR COMMANDS AND OTHER ELEMENTS OF A USER INTERFACE

Patent №

US 7,979,796

Granted

2011-07-12

Filed 2006

Owner

APPLE COMPUTER, INC.

Lab

AI components

2

nlp · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

11496006

The present invention provides a search capability to allow a user to easily locate a menu command or other user interface element associated with a search result. In one embodiment, a user enters a search term (or a portion thereof) in a search field. A list of results is displayed, for example in a results menu. The user can select or highlight any of the listed results; in response, the corresponding command is brought into view in context within the user interface, and is highlighted. The user can activate the selected command directly from the search results menu.

Natural languageAI hardwareG06F 16/248G06F 3/04817G06F 3/0482G06F 16/10G06F 16/245G06F 16/9038G06F 16/907

AI classification

Natural language1.00
AI hardware0.59
Machine learning0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Speech0.00
Vision0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Planning0.00

Ownership

APPLE COMPUTER, INC.

assignment · 184010836

Assignors

WILLIAMS, JOSHUA MATTHEW, HARRIS, TRISTAN ARGUELLO, COFFMAN, PATRICK, PAGALLO, GIULIA PEREYRA, WARREN, CHRISTINA E, KO, STEVE, VIGIL, CELIA

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