US 11,693,864 B2Granted

Methods of and systems for searching by incorporating user-entered information

AssigneePinterest, Inc.

InventorsMichael Tanne, Yunshan Lu, Bruce D. Karsh

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Abstract

A system for and a method of using user-entered information to return more meaningful information in response to Internet search queries are disclosed. A method in accordance with the disclosed subject matter comprises managing a database in response to multiple user inputs and displaying search results from the database in response to a search query. The search results include a results list and supplemental data related to the search query. Managing the database includes, among other things, re-ranking elements in the results list, storing information related to relevancies of elements in the results list, blocking a link in the results list, storing links to documents related to the search query, or any combination of these. The supplemental data include descriptions of or indices to one or more concepts related to the search query.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A computing system comprising:

at least one processor;
and
a memory storing program instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to at least:
obtain, in response to a first search query relating to a first concept, a first plurality of search results corresponding to the first concept, wherein the first plurality of search results includes a first results list and first supplemental information;
cause a first search results page to be presented in response to the first search query, wherein the first search results page includes at least a portion of the first plurality of search results;
receive, via an interaction with the first search results page, user feedback regarding a relevance of the first plurality of search results presented on the first search results page;
obtain, in response to a second search query relating to the first concept and based at least in part on the user feedback, a second plurality of search results corresponding to the first concept, wherein the second plurality of search results includes a second results list and second supplemental information;
and
cause a second search results page to be presented in response to the second search query, wherein the second results page includes at least a portion of the second plurality of search results.

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A computer-implemented method, comprising:

obtaining, in connection with a first search query relating to a first concept, a first plurality of search results corresponding to the first concept;
identifying first supplemental information corresponding to the first concept;
causing a first search results page to be presented in response to the first search query, wherein the first search results page includes at least a portion of the first plurality of search results and at least a portion of the first supplemental information corresponding to the first concept;
receiving, via an interaction with the first search results page, user feedback regarding the first supplemental information presented on the first search results page;
and
updating the identification of the first supplemental information corresponding to the first concept based at least in part on the user feedback.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/732,407Filed 28 Apr 2022 · continuation
Priority: 28 Feb 2005
Published: US 2022/0253451 A111 Aug 2022
Granted: 4 Jul 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G06F 16/24578
With adaptation to user needs: using ranking
G06F 3/0482
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…
G06F 16/3326
Reformulation based on results of preceding query: using relevance feedback from the user, e.g. relevance feedback on documents, documents sets,…
G06F 16/951
Retrieval from the web: indexing; Web crawling techniques

Family

Application60/657,371Us provisional application · filed 28 Feb 2005
Application11/364,617Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Feb 2006
Application14/746,696Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Jun 2015
US 9,092,523 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 28 Jul 2015
Application15/144,604Parent of this continuation · filed 2 May 2016
US 9,355,178 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 31 May 2016
Application16/387,277Parent of this continuation · filed 17 Apr 2019
US 10,311,068 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 4 Jun 2019
US 2022/0253451 A1Pre-grant publication · published 11 Aug 2022
US 11,341,144 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2006/0271524 A1Published application
US 2015/0294003 A1Published application
US 2016/0246796 A1Published application
US 2019/0243839 A1Published application
US 11,693,864 B2This patent

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