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US 9,177,030 B2Granted
Systems and methods for providing search results
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsLuis Castro, Walt Lin, Benedict Gomes
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Abstract
A method includes generating search results in response to a user query, where at least one of the search results includes a group of links. The group of links may represent links to web pages within a same web site and may be identified based on at least one factor associated with the links. The method may also include providing the search results to the user.
Claims20
A non-transitory computer-readable memory device storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
- one or more instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- receive a search query;
- determine search results based on the search query,
- the search results including:
- a first search result corresponding to a first web page of a plurality of web pages from a first domain, and
- a second search result corresponding to a second web page from a second domain that is different from the first domain;
- and
- provide information regarding the search results for presentation on a display of a client device,
- the information regarding the search results including a reference to the first web page and additional references to additional web pages of the plurality of web pages from the first domain,
- each of the reference and the additional references comprising a link to a respective one of the first web page and the additional web pages, and
- the additional web pages from the first domain being selected based on a measure of quality for each of the plurality of web pages from the first domain,
- the measure of quality, for one of the plurality of web pages, relating to a quantity of times that the one of the plurality of web pages has been accessed.
9 more elements
A method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more server devices, a search query;
- determining, by the one or more server devices, search results based on the search query,
- the search results including:
- a first search result corresponding to a first web page of a plurality of web pages from a first domain, and
- a second search result corresponding to a second web page from a second domain that is different from the first domain;
- and
- providing, by the one or more server devices, information regarding the search results for presentation on a display of a client device,
- the information regarding the search results including, for the first search result, a first reference to the first web page and a second reference to one of the plurality of web pages,
- each of the first reference and the second reference comprising a link to a respective one of the first web page and the one of the plurality of web pages,
- the one of the plurality of web pages being selected based on a measure of quality for the one of the plurality of web pages, and
- the measure of quality, for one of the plurality of web pages, relating to a quantity of times that the one of the plurality of web pages has been accessed.
8 more elements
A device comprising:
- one or more processors to:
- receive a search query;
- determine search results based on the search query,
- the search results including:
- a first search result corresponding to a first web page of a plurality of web pages from a first domain, and
- a second search result corresponding to a second web page from a second domain that is different from the first domain;
- and
- provide information regarding the search results for presentation on a display of a client device,
- the information regarding the search results including a first reference to the first web page and a second reference to one of the plurality of web pages,
- each of the first reference and the second reference comprising a link to a respective one of the first web page and the one of the plurality of web pages,
- the one of the plurality of web pages being selected based on a measure of quality for the one of the plurality of web pages, and
- the measure of quality, for the one of the plurality of web pages, relating to a quantity of times that the one of the plurality of web pages has been accessed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.