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:
sending a query;
receiving an intent of the query and results in response to the query, the results including documents identified as responsive to the query;
receiving, based on the intent, two or more mini-apps;
rendering the results, a first mini-app of the two or more mini-apps in an expanded state, and a second mini-app of the two or more mini-apps in a collapsed state;
receiving an input in the first mini-app; and
in response to the second mini-app being selected, transferring at least some information from the input of the first mini-app or at least a portion of the results to the second mini-app.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the two or more mini-apps are based at least in part on determining an affiliation between a user providing the query and respective providers of the two or more mini-apps.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the determining of the affiliation of the user to the respective providers include determining that the respective providers are included as a search term in the query.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the second mini-app is selected based on an affiliation of the second mini-app with a provider of the first mini-app.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the intent is determined based on matching at least one search term of the query to at least one intent in an intent library including a plurality of intents.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting the second mini-app based on a determined lack of relationship between a user providing the query and a provider of the first mini-app.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the provider of the second mini-app is a search term in the query, and further comprising rendering the second mini-app in the expanded state.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the second mini-app triggering:
a collapsing of the first mini-app; and
an expansion of the second mini-app.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the second mini-app includes clicking on the second mini-app, hovering over the second mini-app, or expanding of the results.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
rendering a view more control configured to populate additional mini-apps that match the intent, the additional mini-apps being in the collapsed state.
11. A method comprising:
receiving a query;
determining an intent from the query;
identifying, based on the intent, two or more mini-apps;
providing results in response to the query, at least a first mini-app of the two or more mini-apps in an expanded state, and a second mini-app of the two or more mini-apps in a collapsed state, the results including documents responsive to the query;
receiving an input from the first mini-app; and
in response to receiving a selection of the second mini-app, transferring at least some information from the input of the first mini-app or at least a portion of the documents to the second mini-app.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the identifying includes identifying the two or more mini-apps based on the intent and a login credentials associated with a user providing the query.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the two or more mini-apps is selected based on a lack of relationship between a user providing the query and a provider of the at least one of the two or more mini-apps.
14. 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:
send a query;
receive an intent of the query from an intent library that matches at least a portion of the query;
receive, based on the intent, two or more mini-apps;
render results received in response to the query, at least a first mini-app of the two or more mini-apps in an expanded state, and remaining mini-apps of the two or more mini-apps in a collapsed state, the results including documents identified as responsive to the query;
receive an input in the first mini-app; and
in response to a second mini-app from among the remaining mini-apps being selected, transfer at least some information from the input of the first mini-app to the second mini-app.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the two or more mini-apps are selected based on login credentials associated with a user providing the query.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein at least one of the two or more mini-apps is selected based on a lack of relationship between a user providing the query and a provider of the at least one of the two or more mini-apps.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the first mini-app is selected based on the intent and determining that a provider of the first mini-app is associated with a user entering the query.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the determining of the association of the provider to the user includes determining that the provider is a search term in the query.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 wherein the determining of the association of the provider to the user includes determining that the user is logged into a user account associated with the provider.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , 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 two or more mini-apps in the expanded state in response to receiving a view all request.