Patent attributes
The disclosure provides examples of a messaging application search service in which a search is performed from a messaging application for content to be incorporated into a message being composed using the messaging application. The messaging application responds to a search function indicator to provide a search function without leaving the messaging application. The search function indicator is interpreted by the messaging application as a request for a search to be performed by a search application. Upon receipt of the search request, the messaging application allows search terms to be entered in a messaging application user interface for subsequent search by the search application. Returned search results are presented to the user within the messaging application to allow the user to incorporate a search result into a message being composed via the messaging application.
