3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pixel map (i) identifies points on the display on which the one or more characters were drawn, and (ii) specifies a sequence in which the points on the display were drawn.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a search system, (i) a pixel map corresponding to one or more characters that have been drawn on a display of a client device and (ii) data identifying one or more other characters that were previously recognized by the search system using one or more other pixel maps; recognizing, by the search system, the one or more characters that correspond to the pixel map based on the received pixel map and the one or more other characters; formulating, by the search system, a search that includes the one or more characters and the one or more other characters as a query term; and communicating, by the search system, (i) one or more search results for the search, (ii) data identifying the one or more characters that correspond to the received pixel map, and (iii) data identifying the one or more other characters to the client device that were previously recognized by the search system using the one or more other pixel maps.