Daniel T Robbins

US Patent:

8244757, Aug 14, 2012

Filed:

Mar 30, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/395896

Inventors:

Amy K. Karlson - Ellicott City MD, US
George Robertson - Seattle WA, US
Daniel C. Robbins - Seattle WA, US
Mary Czerwinski - Woodinville WA, US
Greg Smith - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707778, 707797, 707829, 707956, 715385, 715840, 715841

Abstract:

Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that improve data searching on mobile devices. A facet-based search application is provided that has a filter region, a results region, a facet navigation region, and a menu region. A user applies a facet-based filter to a set of data by selecting a number on a keypad or other area that correlates spatially to a filter option in the facet navigation region. A set of data in the results region is updated based on the applied facet-based filter. The user can also apply a freeform text filter to the data by selecting one or more characters for which to search. The data displayed in the results region is updated based on the applied freeform text filter. When input is received from the user to save the applied filter, an attribute label is displayed as a query term in the filter region.