Assistive browsing using context
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a query provided by a user and comprising one or more terms. Obtaining context data based on at least a portion of a first resource displayed to the user at a time that the query is received. Obtaining a revised query that is based on the query and the context data. Receiving a plurality of search results responsive to the revised query. Automatically, selecting a search result that represents a second resource from the plurality of search results, and providing the second resource for display to the user.
1. A system comprising:
a user device comprising a processor, a computer-readable memory, one or more computer-readable storage media, and program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the program instructions executable to:
receive, by the user device, a first query from a user;
provide, by the user device, the first query to a search system;
provide, by the user device to the user, first content of a first resource as a first response to the first query, the first resource being identified by the search system as responsive to the first query;
receive, by the user device, a second query from the user following the providing of the first response;
in response to receiving the second query, identify, by the user device, based on the first content of the first resource having been provided to the user, context data based on the first content of the first resource;
provide, by the user device, to the search system, (i) the second query and (ii) the context data based on the first content of the first resource; and
provide, by the user device to the user, second content of a second resource as a second response to the second query, the second resource being identified by the search system as responsive to a third query, the third query being a revised query generated by the search system based on (i) the second query and (ii) the context data based on the first content of the first resource, the third query including a term that is not included in the first query and is not included in the second query, and the term being based on the context data identified based on the first content of the first resource and provided to the search system by the user device.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the first query and the second query are spoken queries; and
the first response and the second response are spoken responses.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the third query includes a noun that replaces a pronoun in the second query, the noun being included in the context data.
4. The system of claim 1 , the program instructions further being executable to:
rank one or more resources using the context data; and
select the second resource based on the ranking.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the second content comprises text; and
providing, by the user device to the user, the second content of the second resource as the second response to the second query comprises speaking the text of the second content.
6. The system of claim 1 , the program instructions further being executable to display, by the user device and in response to the second query, the second resource on a display of the user device.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein displaying, by the user device and in response to the second query, the second resource on the display of the user device comprises providing instructions to cause a web browser on the user device to open a tab and display the second resource in the tab.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the context data is not included in the first query and is not included in the second query.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the context data is obtained from a portion of the first resource that was viewed by the user.
10. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a user device, a first query from a user;
providing, by the user device, the first query to a search system;
providing, by the user device to the user, first content of a first resource as a first response to the first query, the first resource being identified by the search system as responsive to the first query;
receiving, by the user device, a second query from the user following the providing of the first response;
in response to receiving the second query, based on the first content of the first resource having been provided to the user, identifying, by the user device, context data based on the first content of the first resource;
providing, by the user device, to the search system, (i) the second query and (ii) the context data based on the first content of the first resource; and
providing, by the user device to the user, second content of a second resource as a second response to the second query, the second resource being identified by the search system as responsive to a third query, the third query being a revised query generated by the search system based on (i) the second query and (ii) the context data based on the first content of the first resource, the third query including a term that is not included in the first query and is not included in the second query, and the term being based on the context data identified based on the first content of the first resource and provided to the search system by the user device.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein:
the first query and the second query are spoken queries; and
the first response and the second response are spoken responses.
12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the third query includes a noun that replaces a pronoun in the second query, the noun being included in the context data.
13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
ranking one or more resources using the context data; and
selecting the second resource based on the ranking.
14. The method of claim 10 , wherein:
the second content comprises text; and
providing, by the user device to the user, the second content of the second resource as the second response to the second query comprises speaking the text of the second content.
15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising displaying, by the user device and in response to the second query, the second resource on a display of the user device.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein displaying, by the user device and in response to the second query, the second resource on the display of the user device comprises providing instructions to cause a web browser on the user device to open a tab and display the second resource in the tab.
17. A computer program product comprising one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the program instructions executable to:
receive, by a user device, a first query from a user;
provide, by the user device, the first query to a search system;
provide, by the user device to the user, first content of a first resource as a first response to the first query, the first resource being identified by the search system as responsive to the first query;
receive, by the user device, a second query from the user following the providing of the first response;
in response to receiving the second query, identify, by the user device, based on the first content of the first resource having been provided to the user, context data based on the first content of the first resource;
provide, by the user device, to the search system, (i) the second query and (ii) the context data based on the first content of the first resource; and
provide, by the user device to the user, second content of a second resource as a second response to the second query, the second resource being identified by the search system as responsive to a third query, the third query being a revised query generated by the search system based on (i) the second query and (ii) the context data based on the first content of the first resource, the third query including a term that is not included in the first query and is not included in the second query, and the term being based on the context data identified based on the first content of the first resource and provided to the search system by the user device.
18. The computer program product according to claim 17 , wherein:
the first query and the second query are spoken queries; and
the first response and the second response are spoken responses.
19. The computer program product according to claim 17 , wherein the third query includes a noun that replaces a pronoun in the second query, the noun being included in the context data.
20. The computer program product according to claim 17 , the program instructions further being executable to:
rank one or more resources using the context data; and
select the second resource based on the ranking.