[SalesForce] Customizing Global Search

I am trying to figure out the best way to customize global search. There is a need for a rep to be able to quickly search for an account. Right now, with Global search enabled, the rep must type the account name into the Global Search box at the top of Salesforce. This will search your recent items as you type. My first question is, is it possible for this global search to search all items as you type rather than just your recent items? For instance, if you have 6 accounts that start with phrase "Martin Luther", as the user types "Martin Luther" is it possible for the populated items to display all results rather than just recently viewed accounts?

My second question related to the possibility of doing an advanced search directly from the Global Search. For instance, Global Search searches all objects by default. Is it possible to provide some sort of criteria to customize this search, such as searching the term "AccountName=Martin Luther" would only return accounts named Martin Luther rather than every object? Preferably we would be able to customize that even more to something like "AccountName=Martin Luther,BillingState=PA".

Essentially, we feel there are too many clicks involved with searching for an account. We want the rep to be able to just type an account name and have the accounts related to that search term to show up. As it stands right now, if you are searching for the Account "Foo" from the state of California, you must:

1. Type the term "Foo" into the Global Search and hit Enter
2. Click "Show Filters" under the Accounts list
3. Type "Foo" again into the AccountName and type "California" into the Billing State/Province filter (assuming you already have both of those fields set up as filters)
4. Click "Apply Filters"

We want to shorten this process by any means possible, so if anyone has any ideas, please feel free to share them.