Constructing Queries Using Query Filters on Online Social Networks

One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

• access a social graph comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges connecting the nodes, the nodes comprising:
• a first node corresponding to a first user associated with an online social network;
• and
• a plurality of second nodes each corresponding to a plurality of objects, respectively, associated with the online social network, each object being of a particular object-type;
• receive, from a client device of the first user, a first search query comprising a selection of a first query-domain, the first query-domain corresponding to a first object-type;
• identify, responsive to the first search query, a first set of objects of the plurality of objects matching the first object-type, each of the identified objects corresponding to a second node within a threshold degree of separation of the first node;
• send, to the client device of the first user, a first search-results page responsive to the first search query, the first search-results page comprising references to one or more of the identified objects from the first set of objects and one or more query-filter elements, each query-filter element corresponding to a query-filter associated with the first query-domain, wherein each query-filter element is activatable to apply the associated query-filter to the identified objects;
• and
• receive, from the client device of the first user, a second search query comprising a selection of one or more of the query-filters in response to the first user activating the corresponding query-filter elements.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to:
• access a social graph comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges connecting the nodes, the nodes comprising:
• a first node corresponding to a first user associated with an online social network;
• and
• a plurality of second nodes each corresponding to a plurality of objects, respectively, associated with the online social network, each object being of a particular object-type;
• receive, from a client device of the first user, a first search query comprising a selection of a first query-domain, the first query-domain corresponding to a first object-type;
• identify, responsive to the first search query, a first set of objects of the plurality of objects matching the first object-type, each of the identified objects corresponding to a second node within a threshold degree of separation of the first node;
• send, to the client device of the first user, a first search-results page responsive to the first search query, the first search-results page comprising references to one or more of the identified objects from the first set of objects and one or more query-filter elements, each query-filter element corresponding to a query-filter associated with the first query-domain, wherein each query-filter element is activatable to apply the associated query-filter to the identified objects;
• and
• receive, from the client device of the first user, a second search query comprising a selection of one or more of the query-filters in response to the first user activating the corresponding query-filter elements.