Search using multi-faceted reputation information
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorsMarc Delingat, Snezana Sahter, Liangjie Xu
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Abstract
A method and a system for searching objects using reputation information are provided. Example embodiments may include presenting multiple reputation dimensions and multiple attributes related to each of the reputation dimensions to a user. The method may also include detecting user selections of reputation dimensions and attributes related to the reputation dimensions and including selected attributes related to the reputation dimensions as criteria parts of search queries. Some example embodiments may include conducting a search of a database of objects using the search query to generate search results.
Claims25
A method comprising:
- presenting a plurality of reputation dimensions to a user;
- presenting a plurality of attributes related to each of the plurality of reputation dimensions to the user;
- detecting a user selection of a selected reputation dimension of the plurality of reputation dimensions and a selected attribute related to the selected reputation dimension;
- including the selected attribute related to the selected reputation dimension as a criterion part of a search query;
- and
- conducting a search of a database of objects using the search query to generate search results.
A system comprising:
- a user interface module to present a plurality of reputation dimensions to a user, and to present a plurality of attributes related to each of the plurality of reputation dimensions to the user;
- a detection module to detect a user selection of a selected reputation dimension of the plurality of reputation dimensions and a selected attribute related to the selected reputation dimension;
- a database to maintain data related to a plurality of objects and reputation information;
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- a search engine to include the selected attribute related to the selected reputation dimension as a criterion part of a search query, and to conduct a search of the database using the search query to generate search results.
A system comprising:
- means for presenting a plurality of reputation dimensions to a user;
- means for presenting a plurality of attributes related to each of the plurality of reputation dimensions to the user;
- means for detecting a user selection of a selected reputation dimension of the plurality of reputation dimensions and a selected attribute related to the selected reputation dimension;
- means for including the selected attribute related to the selected reputation dimension as a criterion part of a search query;
- and
- means for conducting a search of a database of objects using the search query to generate search results.
A machine-readable medium comprising instructions, which when implemented by one or more processors perform the following operations:
- presenting a plurality of reputation dimensions to a user;
- presenting a plurality of attributes related to each of the plurality of reputation dimensions to the user;
- detecting a user selection of a selected reputation dimension of the plurality of reputation dimensions and a selected attribute related to the selected reputation dimension;
- including the selected attribute related to the selected reputation dimension as a criterion part of a search query;
- and
- conducting a search of a database of objects using the search query to generate search results.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.