Discovering alternate online service providers
Systems and methods are described that include determining an intent from an intent library that matches a received query, identifying, based on the intent, at least one mini-app from a first provider and at least one mini-app from a second provider, ranking the identified mini-apps, and triggering rendering of search results, the search results including at least a first ranked mini-app in an expanded state and the remaining ranked mini-apps in a collapsed state.
1. A method comprising:
receiving a query;
determining, from an intent library including a plurality of intents, an intent that matches the query, at least some intents of the plurality of intents corresponding with a plurality of mini-apps from a plurality of providers;
identifying, based on the determined intent, at least one mini-app from a first provider and at least one mini-app from a second provider;
ranking the identified mini-apps;
triggering rendering of search results, the search results including at least a first ranked mini-app in an expanded state and remaining ranked mini-apps in a collapsed state;
receiving input in the first ranked mini-app; and
receiving selection of another mini-app within the search results, the selection triggering:
a collapsing of the first ranked mini-app;
an expansion of the selected other mini-app; and
populating the selected other mini-app with the received input from the first ranked mini-app mapped to at least one field in the selected other mini-app.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ranking of the identified mini-apps is based at least in part on determining an affiliation between a user providing the query and the first provider or the second provider.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein determining the affiliation of the user to the first provider or the second provider includes determining that the respective provider is provided as a search term in the query.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the intent includes matching at least one keyword of the query to at least one intent in the intent library.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a second ranked mini-app is selected based on a determined lack of relationship between a user providing the query and the first provider or the second provider.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
triggering rendering of a view more control that, when selected, ranks and populates additional mini-apps that match the determined intent, the additional mini-apps being in a collapsed state.
7. A system comprising:
at least one intent library including a plurality of intents, at least some intents of the plurality of intents corresponding with a plurality of mini-apps from a plurality of providers;
a repository of mini-app data corresponding with the plurality of mini-apps;
at least one processing device; and
memory storing instructions that when executed cause the at least one processing device to perform operations including:
receiving a query;
determining an intent from the at least one intent library that matches the received query;
generate a workflow associated with the determined intent, the workflow comprising:
a subset of the plurality of mini-apps selected from the repository of mini-app data; and
an ordered task list;
ranking the subset according to the ordered task list; and
triggering rendering of search results, the search results including a first ranked mini-app of the subset in an expanded state and additional mini-apps of the subset in a collapsed state.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first ranked mini-app is selected based on the intent and a determination that a provider of the first ranked mini-app is associated with a user entering the query.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein determining the association of the provider to the user includes determining that the provider is a search term in the query.
10. The system of claim 8 , wherein determining the association of the provider to the user includes determining that the user is logged into a user account associated with the provider.
11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:
triggering rendering of a view more control that, when selected, ranks and populates other mini-apps that match the determined intent, the other mini-apps being in a collapsed state.
12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, are configured to cause a computing system to at least:
determine an intent from an intent library that matches at least a portion of a received query;
generate a workflow associated with the determined intent, the workflow comprising:
a plurality of mini-apps selected from a repository of mini-apps, the plurality of mini-apps provided by service providers; and
an ordered task list;
rank the plurality of mini-apps according to the ordered task list; and
trigger rendering of search results, the search results including at least a first ranked mini-app of the plurality of mini-apps in an expanded state and remaining mini-apps of the plurality of mini-apps in a collapsed state.
13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the computing system to:
generate and trigger rendering of a library page providing at least a portion of the plurality of mini-apps in an expanded state in response to receiving a view all request.
14. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of mini-apps are selected based on predefined login credentials associated with a user entering the received query.
15. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the ordered task list is ordered based at least in part on stored aggregated user data associated with two or more of the plurality of mini-apps.
16. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein generating the workflow associated with the determined intent includes selecting the plurality of mini-apps based at least in part on predicting at least two sequential tasks for the ordered task list.
17. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein generating the workflow associated with the determined intent includes selecting the plurality of mini-apps based at least in part on determining which mini-apps in the repository of mini-apps provide a service corresponding to another of the plurality of mini-apps in the repository.
18. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the instructions further comprise:
triggering rendering of a view more control that, when selected, ranks and populates additional mini-apps for the workflow that match the determined intent, the additional mini-apps being in a collapsed state.
19. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein at least a portion of the plurality of mini-apps are selected based on a determined lack of relationship between a user providing the received query and respective service providers of respective mini-apps of the portion of the plurality of mini-apps.