Google patents ‘in-conversation search’ invention

Google has patented an invention that makes it possible to look for answers in a text-message exchange.

The technology makes it possible for users to obtain search results delivered in the middle of a text or voice conversation between two users of a computing system.

The results might be used in a conversation between two friends, such as a discussion of a sports event for which specific statistics or other data may be wanted.

Another use, Google said, might be in a chat room where participants are discussing a particular investment and wonder about a company’s stock price.

Bloomberg