US 2026/0037504 A1 · PRIORITIZING CONTENT ITEMS WITH DATA FIELDS MISSING FROM SEARCH QUERIES

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed toward systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for utilizing an improved search algorithm which prioritizes content items that include data fields (or other information) missing from a search query. For example, in response to a search query, the disclosed systems can prioritize or rank candidate content items to focus on candidate content items which include new information. Indeed, the disclosed systems can prioritize content items that include new information by ranking according to which content items include data fields missing from the search query. In some cases, the disclosed systems can prioritize content items with new information by determining which content items include data fields not already stored within a database associated with a user account (e.g., the user account performing the search) and/or for a particular entity or record within a genealogical database.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, from a client device, a search query that defines a set of data fields for identifying matching content items within a repository of content items;
in response to the search query, generating a plurality of candidate content items corresponding to the set of data fields from the repository of content items;
comparing candidate content items within the plurality of candidate content items to determine a selected content item comprising at least one data field missing from the set of data fields within the search query;
and
prioritizing the selected content item within a search result corresponding to the search query for display on the client device.

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A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

receive, from a client device, a search query associated with a genealogical tree of a user account of the client device and that defines a set of data fields for identifying matching content items within a repository of content items;
in response to the search query, generate a plurality of candidate content items corresponding to the set of data fields from the repository of content items;
compare candidate content items of the plurality of candidate content items to content items of the genealogical tree to determine a selected content item from the plurality of candidate content items comprising at least one data field missing from the content items of the genealogical tree;
and
prioritize the selected content item within a search result corresponding to the search query for display on the client device.

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A system comprising:

one or more memory devices;
and
one or more processors coupled to the one or more memory devices, wherein the one or more processors are configured to cause the system to:
receive, from a client device, a search query that defines a set of data fields for identifying matching content items stored within a genealogical-data system;
in response to the search query, generate a plurality of candidate content items corresponding to the set of data fields from the genealogical-data system;
compare candidate content items within the plurality of candidate content items to determine a selected content item comprising at least one data field missing from the set of data fields within the search query;
and
prioritize the selected content item within a search result corresponding to the search query for display on the client device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Prioritizing content items with data fields missing from search queries

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Abstract

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