Abstract: A computing system for converting natural language spoken queries to a mobile computing device into structured queries to be executed against a structured data store to obtain an answer to the spoken query on the portable computing device is disclosed. The computer executable instructions may comprising instructions for accepting a verbal input, communicating the verbal input to a verbal to text translation application to obtain a text query where the text query is converted into a structured language query, the structured language query is executed against a structured data store, the results from the structured language query are generated, the results are converted into a desired format for the portable computing device and the result are received in the desired format to the portable computing device where the results are displayed in the desired format on the portable computing device.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed that improve the browsing and purchasing experience for online customers. Partial search and navigation requests are asynchronously executed while the user is still typing. No conventional gestures (e.g., mouse clicks, enter key presses, select key presses, pad presses, button presses, hyperlink selection, or other such post-search_term entry_commit actions) are required to execute search request. Result sets narrowed by navigational elements (e.g., product attribute hyperlinks, such as color, size, gender, etc) can be previewed without committing (clicking or entering) to that navigational pathway. Navigational elements can be tied to and synchronized with the result set.