Search system utilzing purchase history
AssigneePaypal, Inc.
InventorFrank Anthony Nuzzi
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Abstract
A method for providing a purchase history context search includes receiving at least one search term from a user through an input device. A purchase history for the user is then accessed from at least one purchase history database over a network. A web index that is located on at least one storage device is then accessed. A plurality of search results, each associated with a web page indexed by the web index, are then determined using the at least one search term and the purchase history, each search result including a link to an associated web page. The plurality of search results are then provided for display on a display device.
Claims20
A user-specific context search result system, comprising:
- an input device;
- a display device;
- a non-transitory memory system storing a calendar of a user;
- and
- one or more hardware processors coupled to the input device, the display device, and the non-transitory memory system, wherein the one or more hardware processors are configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory system to perform the steps of:
- receiving, through the input device, at least one search term from the user;
- accessing, from at least one calendar database, the calendar of the user;
- accessing, on at least one storage device, a search index;
- determining, using the at least one search term and information included in the calendar of the user, a plurality of search results that are each associated with a respective network destination that is indexed by the search index and that each include a respective link to the respective network destination;
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- providing, on the display device, the plurality of search results for display.
A method for providing user-specific context search results, comprising:
- receiving, by a search device through an input device, a search query from a user;
- accessing, by the search device from at least one schedule database, a schedule of the user;
- accessing, by the search device on at least one search provider system, a search provider database;
- determining, by the search device using the search query and information included in the schedule of the user, a plurality of search results that are each associated with a respective network location that is stored in the search provider database and that each include a respective pointer to that respective network location;
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- providing, by the search device on a display device, the plurality of search results for display.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-readable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, are adapted to cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
- receiving, through an input device, search instructions from a user;
- accessing, from at least one planning database, a plurality of dated plans of the user;
- accessing, on at least one storage system, a search database;
- determining, using the search instructions and information included in the plurality of dated plans of the user, a plurality of search results that are each associated with a respective network address that is included in the search database and that each include a respective selectable display element that directs to that respective network address;
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- providing, on a display device, the plurality of search results for display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.