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US 8,554,768 B2Granted
Automatically showing additional relevant search results based on user feedback
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorGina D Venolia
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Abstract
This disclosure describes various exemplary application user interfaces, methods, and computer program products for information retrieval or search technology by automatically showing additional relevant search results based on user feedback. The search describes receiving a submitted query from a user, identifying multiple query search results in a relationship to the submitted query, and presenting the multiple query search results in a single structured presentation with a thumbs-up icon, a thumbs-down icon, or an unmarked status to enhance the user experience. Furthermore, the search results illustrate the relationships between each of the multiple query search results and the submitted query in a textual description.
Claims20
A system comprising one or more computer-readable devices maintaining computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:
- providing options to select from data sources for conducting a search for a submitted query, the options to specify a number of query search results to be displayed on a display device;
- utilizing algorithms to identify a plurality of query search results based at least in part on the query;
- presenting each of the plurality of query search results with an associated first icon and an associated second icon along with a respective textual description, the first icons being selectable by the user to indicate a corresponding query search result is relevant to the query, the second icons being selectable by the user to indicate a corresponding query search result is not relevant to the query;
- displaying at least one additional search result in response to detecting a selection of one of the first icons associated with one of the plurality of query search results, the at least one additional search result being relevant to the query and determined based at least in part on a query search result associated with the selected first icon, the at least one additional search result being displayed with the plurality of presented query search results,
- wherein at least one of the at least one additional search results is untriaged by default, until the user selects the first icon or the second icon associated with the additional query search result;
- in response to detecting a selection of a second icon associated with a query search result, hiding the query search result associated with the selected second icon;
- disabling a feature associated with showing additional search results in response to detecting a selection of one of the first icons;
- displaying subsequent additional search results so that at least a minimum number of untriaged search results are visible;
- and
- displaying a series of flags to illustrate a quality of the plurality of query search results with trends and variations.
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A method for displaying additional search results, implemented at least in part by a computing device, the method comprising:
- providing options to select from data sources for conducting a search for a submitted query, the options to specify a number of query search results to be displayed on a display device;
- utilizing algorithms to identify a plurality of query search results based at least in part on the query;
- presenting each of the plurality of query search results with an associated first icon and an associated second icon along with a respective textual description, the first icons being selectable by the user to indicate a corresponding query search result is relevant to the query, the second icons being selectable by the user to indicate a corresponding query search result is not relevant to the query;
- displaying at least one additional search result in response to detecting a selection of one of the first icons associated with one of the plurality of query search results, the at least one additional search result being relevant to the query and determined based at least in part on a query search result associated with the selected first icon, the at least one additional search result being displayed with the plurality of presented query search results,
- wherein at least one of the at least one additional search results is untriaged by default, until the user selects the first icon or the second icon associated with the additional query search result;
- in response to detecting a selection of a second icon associated with a query search result, hiding the query search result associated with the selected second icon;
- disabling a feature associated with showing additional search results in response to detecting a selection of one of the first icons;
- displaying subsequent additional search results so that at least a minimum number of untriaged search results are visible;
- and
- displaying a series of flags to illustrate a quality of the plurality of query search results with trends and variations.
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A computer-readable storage device comprising computer-readable instructions executed on a computing device, the computer-readable instructions comprising instructions for:
- providing options to select from data sources for conducting a search for a submitted query, the options to specify a number of query search results to be displayed on a display device;
- utilizing algorithms to identify a plurality of query search results based at least in part on the query;
- presenting each of the plurality of query search results with an associated first icon and an associated second icon along with a respective textual description, the first icons being selectable by the user to indicate a corresponding query search result is relevant to the query, the second icons being selectable by the user to indicate a corresponding query search result is not relevant to the query;
- displaying at least one additional search result in response to detecting a selection of one of the first icons associated with one of the plurality of query search results, the at least one additional search result being relevant to the query and determined based at least in part on a query search result associated with the selected first icon, the at least one additional search result being displayed with the plurality of presented query search results,
- wherein at least one of the at least one additional search results is untriaged by default, until the user selects the first icon or the second icon associated with the additional query search result;
- in response to detecting a selection of a second icon associated with a query search result, hiding the query search result associated with the selected second icon;
- disabling a feature associated with showing additional search results in response to detecting a selection of one of the first icons;
- displaying subsequent additional search results so that at least a minimum number of untriaged search results are visible;
- and
- displaying a series of flags to illustrate a quality of the plurality of query search results with trends and variations.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.