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US 2020/0349201 A1Published application
Discoverability in search
AssigneeRoblox Corporation
InventorsAswath Manoharan, Nikolaus Sonntag, Shailendra Rathore
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Abstract
A method and system is disclosed that provides search with improved discoverability within an online gaming platform.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, at a server, a search query from a device;
- selecting a search criterion from among a first criterion and a second criterion;
- executing the search query against a data store using the search criterion;
- receiving search results from the data store in response to executing the search query;
- and
- transmitting at least a portion of the search results and a state indication corresponding to the search criterion to the device.
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A nontransitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon software instructions that, when executed by a processor of a client device, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a search query;
- selecting a search criterion from among a first criterion and a second criterion;
- transmitting the search query and the search criterion;
- receiving search results from a data store in response to execution of the search query;
- and
- storing a state indication corresponding to the search criterion.
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A system comprising:
- one or more processors coupled to a nontransitory computer readable medium having stored thereon software instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
- receiving a search query at a server;
- selecting a search criterion from among a first criterion and a second criterion, wherein selecting the search criterion is based on evaluating a modulo result, and wherein the evaluating includes comparing the modulo result to a search criterion selection threshold resulting in a first proportion of search being performed using the first criterion and a remaining proportion of searches being performed using the second criterion;
- executing the search query against a data store using the search criterion;
- receiving search results from the data store in response to executing the search query;
- transmitting a portion of the search results to a device from which the search query was received;
- and
- transmitting a state indication corresponding to the search criterion to the device from which the search query was received.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.