Contextual search tool in a browser interface

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving a contextual search request relating to main content, the main content being displayed in a display area of a browser;

extracting at least some content from the main content;

receiving a contextual suggestion associated with the at least some content; and

as a response to the contextual search request, causing display of the contextual suggestion in a contextual search area within the browser.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the contextual suggestion is based on a category of the main content that is determined based on the at least some content.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the contextual suggestion is one of a plurality of contextual suggestions and the plurality of contextual suggestions are ordered based on a category of the main content that is determined based on the at least some content.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the contextual suggestion is a search suggestion and the method further comprises:

receiving a selection of the search suggestion;

obtaining a search result page using the search suggestion as a query;

causing display of the search result page in the contextual search area;

receiving a selection of a search result from the search result page;

fetching second main content for a resource associated with the search result;

extracting second content from the second main content;

receiving a second contextual suggestion associated with the second content; and

causing display of the second contextual suggestion in the contextual search area.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least some content is identified by a model trained to exclude user information from the at least some content.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least some content is identified by a model trained to exclude information provided by an entity not associated with a provider of the main content from the at least some content.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the contextual suggestion includes generated content describing an entity identified in the at least some content.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the contextual suggestion is a suggested search related to an entity identified in the at least some content.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the contextual suggestion is a description of the main content.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting a scrolling input; and

in response to detecting the scrolling input, changing the contextual suggestion based on the main content in a viewport of the display area.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein changing the contextual suggestion includes:

re-extracting content from the main content now in the viewport; and

receiving a contextual suggestion associated with the re-extracted content.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the contextual suggestion is a first contextual suggestion of a plurality of contextual suggestions and changing the contextual suggestion includes:

re-ordering the plurality of contextual suggestions based on the scrolling input; and

replacing the first contextual suggestion with a second contextual suggestion of the plurality of contextual suggestions based on the re-ordering.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least some content includes an indication of content that is visible in a viewport, wherein the content that is visible in the viewport has a higher weight in determining the contextual suggestion than content not visible in the viewport.

14. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving a contextual search request for main content, the main content being displayed in a display area of a browser;

receiving a prompt input;

extracting content from the main content;

receiving generated content based on the prompt input and the extracted content; and

causing display of the generated content in a contextual search area that is within the browser.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

receiving a selected region of the main content,

wherein the selected region is used as the prompt input.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the selected region is a region determined to correspond to an object and receiving the selected region includes:

detecting a hover input over the region;

in response to detecting the hover input, changing an appearance of the region during the hover input; and

receiving a selection of the region.

17. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

providing a condensed contextual search area with a dialog input area,

wherein the prompt input is received in the dialog input area.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the generated content includes a search suggestion and the method further comprises:

receiving a selection of the search suggestion;

sending a query associated with the search suggestion to a search engine;

receiving a search result page for the query; and

causing display of the search result page in the contextual search area.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

receiving a selection of a search result from the search result page;

fetching second main content for a resource associated with the search result;

extracting second content from the second main content;

receiving a contextual suggestion associated with the second content in response to providing the content to the search engine; and

causing display of the contextual suggestion in the contextual search area.

20. The method of claim 14 , wherein the generated content is determined based on the extracted content, the prompt input, and preference information.

21. The method of claim 14 , wherein the extracted content is identified by a model trained to exclude user information from the extracted content.

22. The method of claim 14 , wherein the extracted content is identified by a model trained to exclude information provided by an entity not associated with a provider of the main content from the extracted content.

23. The method of claim 14 , wherein the prompt input identifies an entity and the generated content includes information about the entity.

24. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

receiving contextual search suggestions based on the extracted content; and

causing display of the contextual search suggestions with the generated content in the contextual search area.

25. The method of claim 14 , wherein the generated content relates to an entity identified in the extracted content.