Integrating Social Networking and Query Submission
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsBarry A. Kritt, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Shawn K. Sremaniak
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate to augmentation of query suggestions in response to a query submission. One or more friends or friendship circles are identified in a social networking aspect of a search engine. Responsive to receipt of the query submission and identification of at least one friend from the social networking aspect, two sets of query suggestions are provided. The sets of query suggestions include both query suggestions from a search engine and query suggestions from a social networking channel.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- submitting a query to a search engine, the query including a query term;
- integrating the submitted query with a social networking channel, including selecting a friendship circle from the social networking channel;
- the social networking channel receiving the query from the search engine and identifying at least one query suggestion and at least one suggested query result from the social networking channel;
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- returning query suggestions, the query suggestions including the identified at least one first query suggestion from the social networking channel and a second query suggestion from the search engine.
A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code configured to receive a query submitted to a search engine, the query including a query term;
- computer readable program code configured to integrate the submitted query with a social networking channel, including selecting a friendship circle from the social networking channel;
- the social networking channel to receive the query from the search engine and computer readable program code to identify at least one query suggestion and at least one suggested query result from the social networking channel;
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- computer readable program code to return query suggestions, the query suggestions including the identified at least one first query suggestion from the social networking channel and a second query suggestion from the search engine.
A system comprising:
- a processor in communication with memory;
- a functional unit in communication with memory, the function unit comprising:
- a query manager to submit a query to a search engine, the query including a query term;
- an integration manager in communication with the query manager, the integration manager to integrate the submitted query with a social networking channel, including selecting a friendship circle from the social networking channel;
- the social networking channel to receive the query from the search engine and to identify at least one query suggestion and at least one suggested query result from the social networking channel;
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- a result manager in communication with the social networking channel, the result manager to return query suggestions, the query suggestions including the identified at least one first query suggestion from the social networking channel and a second suggestion from the search engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.