Systems and methods for facilitating keyboard-based search of local and connected digital media items within a messaging application

Abstract

Keyboard-based search of local and/or connected digital media items may be facilitated. A digital media item search interface may be presented in the same view as a messaging interface. The digital media item search interface may receive input such as from an on-screen keyboard to facilitate editing of user-provided search queries and submission of the user-provided search queries. The digital media item search interface may present digital media item tags relating to context information based on input received by the digital media item search query field. The digital media item search interface may present visual previews of local and/or connected digital media items corresponding to digital media item tags presented in the digital media item tag field. The digital media item search interface may receive user selections of individual digital media items to be communicated to one or more other users via the messaging interface.

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         21 . A mobile device, comprising:
 a display screen; and   one or more processors configured to display, on the display screen, a combined user interface of an application, the combined user interface of the application comprising:
 a messaging interface portion comprising a dialog entry field that is configured to receive a message to be communicated to another computing device, and 
 a digital media item search interface portion comprising:
 a digital media search query field configured to receive a search query, 
 a digital media item tag field that is configured to be visible to the user at a same time that the dialog entry field of the messaging interface portion is visible to the user, configured to display one or more digital media item tags based on the search query, and configured to receive a user selection of a digital media item tag of the one or more digital media item tags, and 
 
 a digital media item preview frame that is configured to be visible to the user at a same time that the dialog entry field of the messaging interface portion is visible to the user, configured to display a preview of one or more digital media items corresponding to the selected digital media item tag, and configured to receive a user selection of a digital media item of the one or more digital media items to be communicated to the other computing device, 
 wherein the one or more processors cause the mobile device to enter the digital media item into the dialog entry field in response to the user selection of the digital media item, and 
 wherein the messaging interface portion and digital media item search interface portion of the application are displayed in a non-overlapping manner. 
   
     
     
         22 . The mobile device of  claim 21 , wherein the message to be communicated to the other computing device is at least one of alpha numeric characters, symbols, emojis, ideograms, emoticons, pictographs, or other characters accessible via a keyboard. 
     
     
         23 . The mobile device of  claim 21 , wherein the one or more processors cause the mobile device to predict the one or more digital media item tags based on a portion of the search query. 
     
     
         24 . The mobile device of  claim 21 , wherein the one or more processors cause the mobile device to automatically communicate the digital media item to the other computing device in response to the user selection of the digital media item. 
     
     
         25 . The mobile device of  claim 21 , wherein the messaging interface portion further comprises:
 a keyboard that is visible to the user at a same time that the dialog entry field is visible to the user and that facilitates entering of the message into the dialog entry field; and   a dialog window visible to the user at a same time that the dialog entry field is visible to the user and that is configured to display one or more previous entries communicated between the mobile device and the other computing device.   
     
     
         26 . The mobile device of  claim 21 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to retrieve the one or more digital media items for display from a memory of the mobile device or a server, and wherein the one or more digital media items comprise at least one of an image, a video, or an audio. 
     
     
         27 . The mobile device of  claim 21 , wherein the digital media item tag field comprises a button to add a new digital media item tag to the digital media item tag field, and wherein the one or more processors cause the mobile device to add the new digital media item tag in response to a user selection of the button. 
     
     
         28 . The mobile device of  claim 21 , wherein the digital media search query field receives the search query from at least one of a keyboard or a voice input. 
     
     
         29 . The mobile device of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 a memory that is configured to store the digital media item in response to the user selection of the digital media item.   
     
     
         30 . The mobile device of  claim 21 , wherein the digital media item tag field comprises one or more buttons corresponding to the one or more digital media item tags, wherein a portion of the one or more buttons comprises an option to delete the one or more digital media item tags from the digital media item tag field, and wherein the one or more processors cause the mobile computing device to delete the one or more digital media item tags in response to a user selection of the portion of the one or more buttons. 
     
     
         31 . A mobile device, comprising:
 a display screen; and   one or more processors configured to display, on the display screen, a combined user interface of an application, the combined user interface of the application comprising:
 a messaging interface portion comprising a dialog entry field that is configured to receive a message to be communicated to another computing device, and 
 a digital media item search interface portion comprising:
 a digital media search query field configured to be visible to a user at a same time that the dialog entry field of the messaging interface portion is visible to the user and configured to receive a search query, 
 a digital media item tag field that is configured to be visible to the user at a same time that the dialog entry field of the messaging interface portion is visible to the user, configured to display one or more digital media item tags based on the search query, and configured to receive a user selection of a digital media item tag of the one or more digital media item tags, and 
 
 a digital media item preview frame that is configured to be visible to the user at a same time that the dialog entry field of the messaging interface portion is visible to the user, configured to display a preview of one or more digital media items corresponding to the selected digital media item tag, and configured to receive a user selection of a digital media item of the one or more digital media items to be communicated to the other computing device, 
 wherein the one or more processors cause the mobile device to enter the digital media item into the dialog entry field in response to the user selection of the digital media item. 
   
     
     
         32 . The mobile device of  claim 31 , wherein the messaging interface portion and digital media item search interface portion of the application are displayed in a non-overlapping manner. 
     
     
         33 . The mobile device of  claim 31 , wherein the message to be communicated to the other computing device is at least one of alpha numeric characters, symbols, emojis, ideograms, emoticons, pictographs, or other characters accessible via a keyboard. 
     
     
         34 . The mobile device of  claim 31 , wherein the one or more processors cause the mobile device to predict the one or more digital media item tags based on a portion of the search query. 
     
     
         35 . The mobile device of  claim 31 , wherein the one or more processors cause the mobile device to automatically communicate the digital media item to the other computing device in response to the user selection of the digital media item. 
     
     
         36 . The mobile device of  claim 31 , wherein the messaging interface portion further comprises:
 a keyboard that is visible to the user at a same time that the dialog entry field is visible to the user and that facilitates entering of the message into the dialog entry field; and   a dialog window visible to the user at a same time that the dialog entry field is visible to the user and that is configured to display one or more previous entries communicated between the mobile device and the other computing device.   
     
     
         37 . The mobile device of  claim 31 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to retrieve the one or more digital media items for display from a memory of the mobile device or a server, and wherein the one or more digital media items comprise at least one of an image, a video, or an audio. 
     
     
         38 . The mobile device of  claim 31 , wherein the digital media item tag field comprises a button to add a new digital media item tag to the digital media item tag field, and wherein the one or more processors cause the mobile device to add the new digital media item tag in response to a user selection of the button. 
     
     
         39 . The mobile device of  claim 31 , wherein the digital media search query field receives the search query from at least one of a keyboard or a voice input. 
     
     
         40 . The mobile device of  claim 31 , further comprising:
 a memory that is configured to store the digital media item in response to the user selection of the digital media item.   
     
     
         41 . The mobile device of  claim 31 , wherein the digital media item tag field comprises one or more buttons corresponding to the one or more digital media item tags, wherein a portion of the one or more buttons comprises an option to delete the one or more digital media item tags from the digital media item tag field, and wherein the one or more processors cause the mobile computing device to delete the one or more digital media item tags in response to a user selection of the portion of the one or more buttons.