US 7,627,582 B1Granted

Search engine graphical interface using maps of search terms and images

AssigneeQuintura, Inc.

InventorAlexander V. Ershov

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Abstract

A system, method and computer program product for visualization of search results includes a map displayed to a user on a screen. The map shows search query terms and optionally other terms related to the search query terms. The display of the terms corresponds to relationship between the terms. A graphical image is displayed next to at least one of the search query terms. The graphical image is associated with a URL that corresponds to a search result. The graphical image is a favorite icon that is derived from the HTML script associated with a webpage at the URL, or an animated image, or a video, or a cycling GIF. A plurality of graphical images can be displayed in proximity to the search query term. The graphical image can be a logo or a paid advertisement. A plurality of graphical images are offered for sale in association with the query search term, and a size and/or placement of each graphical image corresponds to a price paid by each purchaser, or multiple images can be displayed at the same location on the screen, and a duration of display of each graphical image corresponds to a price paid by each purchaser.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A system for visualization of search results comprising:

(a) A system for visualization of search results comprising:
(b) a processor, a memory and a display screen having separate first, second and third portions;
(c) a two-dimensional map displayed to a user on the first portion of the display screen, the map showing search query terms;
(d) a window for entering the search query terms in the third portion of the display screen;
(e) a plurality of additional terms derived from the search query terms and from the search results and displayed on the two-dimensional map,
(f) wherein the additional terms comprise both single words and multi-word phrases, and
(g) wherein a location of the additional terms relative to each other on the map corresponds to a contextual relationship between the additional terms;
(h) at least one pictorial graphical image displayed on the map in proximity to the search query terms;
and
(i) a plurality of URLs representing the search results displayed in the second portion of the display screen;
and
(j) a plurality of annotations displayed in the second portion of the display screen, each annotation displayed adjacent to its corresponding URL,
(k) wherein at least some of the search terms are also displayed on the second portion of the display screen using a different font effect than the rest of the text displayed in the second portion of the display screen.

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Facts

Application: 12/497,263Filed 2 Jul 2009 · continuation
Priority: 19 Feb 2007
Granted: 1 Dec 2009
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G06F 16/9538
Querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines: presentation of query results
G06F 16/904
Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types: browsing; Visualisation therefor
G06F 16/951
Retrieval from the web: indexing; Web crawling techniques
G06F 16/957
Retrieval from the web: browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

Family

Application60/890,507Us provisional application · filed 19 Feb 2007
Application11/937,630Parent of this continuation · filed 9 Nov 2007
Application12/234,751Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Sep 2008
US 7,437,370 B1Parent of this continuation
US 2011/0047145 A1Published application
US 8,533,185 B2Related patent
US 7,627,582 B1This patent

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