Google patents search cards that expand into immersive views
Google describes a search interface where results appear as small tiles that grow larger when clicked. This allows users to see more detailed images or media without leaving the main search page.
In the filing’s own words
Systems and methods for providing a uni-card interface can provide for an interactive dynamic interface for providing information to a user. The uni-card interface may include a multi-state interface that can provide increasingly more detailed information upon each interaction. For example, the uni-card interface can provide a first state with condensed information, a second state with expanded information, and a third state with immersive information.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer-implemented method for search result content display, the method comprising: obtaining, by a computing system comprising one or more processors, a search query; determining, by the computing system, a plurality of search results responsive to the search query; obtaining, by the computing system, a plurality of interfaces based on the plurality of search results, wherein each interface of the plurality of interfaces comprises a plurality of respective tiles associated with a respective search result of a subset of the plurality of search results, wherein each of the plurality of tiles is associated with a respective media content item of a plurality of content items, wherein the respective media content item comprises an image associated with the respective search result; providing, by the computing system, the plurality of interfaces for display within a search results page with the subset of the plurality of search results, wherein the plurality of interfaces are provided for display in an initial state, wherein the initial state comprises providing one or more tiles of the plurality of respective tiles for display at a first size; obtaining, by the computing system, a selection of a first search result of the plurality of search results; transitioning, by the computing system, a first interface of the plurality of interfaces to a second state based on the selection of the first search result of the plurality of search results, wherein the first interface is associated with the first search result, and wherein second state comprises providing the one or more respective tiles for display at a second size, wherein the plurality of respective tiles of the first interface are selectable to provide supplemental content for display, wherein the supplemental content is associated with the first search result and a respective selected tile.
Facts
- Company
- Google (Google LLC)
- Official title
- Immersive, multi-state uni-card
- Patent number
- US12743191B2
- Application number
- 18793598
- Filed
- Aug 2, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 3/0482 Physics & computingG06F 9/451 Physics & computingG06F 16/9538 Physics & computingG06F 3/04845 Physics & computingG06F 3/0488 Physics & computingMore from Google in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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