Systems and methods for providing a visualizable results list

A system for displaying a visualizable results list, the system comprising:

• a processing device;
• and
• a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium in communication with the processing device, wherein the non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium comprises one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to:
• receive a search query, wherein the search query comprises a plurality of search terms,
• group the plurality of search terms into a plurality of units, wherein each of the plurality of units comprises a related one or more of the plurality of search terms,
• access metadata for each document in a plurality of search results that corresponds to the search query,
• annotate one or more highest ranked locations in each document with a first indicator for each of the one or more highest ranked search terms in a first unit of the plurality of units and a second indicator for each of the one or more search terms in a second unit of the plurality of units based on the metadata, wherein the highest ranked search terms in the first unit have been determined by the processing device to be more likely to be relevant to the search query relative to other terms, and
• display a visualizable results list comprising:
• the plurality of search results,
• a corresponding hit pattern for each document in the plurality of search results, wherein the hit pattern for each search result comprises:
• a bar graph comprising a plurality of bars, wherein each bar of the plurality of bars corresponds to a number of hits for each search term of the plurality of search terms, wherein the size of each bar is based on the number of hits for each search term,
• wherein an order in which the search results are displayed in the visualizable results list is adjustable by a user by selecting one of a plurality of reorder buttons to move search results having larger bars for particular terms to a top or a bottom of the visualizable search results.

A non-transitory storage medium comprising program code for displaying a visualizable results list, the computer program code, when executed, causing a processing device to:

• receive a search query, wherein the search query comprises a plurality of search terms,
• group the plurality of search terms into a plurality of units, wherein each of the plurality of units comprises a related one or more of the plurality of search terms,
• access metadata for each document in a plurality of search results that corresponds to the search query,
• annotate one or more highest ranked locations in each document with a first indicator for each of the one or more highest ranked search terms in a first unit of the plurality of units and a second indicator for each of the one or more search terms in a second unit of the plurality of units based on the metadata, wherein the highest ranked search terms in the first unit have been determined by the processing device to be more likely to be relevant to the search query relative to other terms, and
• display a visualizable results list comprising:
• the plurality of search results,
• a corresponding hit pattern for each document in the plurality of search results, wherein the hit pattern for each search result comprises:
• a bar graph comprising a plurality of bars, wherein each bar of the plurality of bars corresponds to a number of hits for each search term of the plurality of search terms, wherein the size of each bar is based on the number of hits for each search term,
• wherein an order in which the search results are displayed in the visualizable results list is adjustable by a user by selecting one of a plurality of reorder buttons to move search results having larger bars for particular terms to a top or a bottom of the visualizable search results.