US 9,805,141 B2Granted

Dynamic content delivery search system

AssigneeeBay Inc.

InventorsMichael George Lenahan, Ben Mitchell, R J Pittman, Dave Lippman

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Abstract

Example embodiments of the present disclosure include a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for providing a dynamic content delivery search system. In example embodiments, entry of a first keyword of a search string comprising a plurality of keywords is detected. The first keyword is identified after entry of the first keyword and prior to entry of a second keyword of the search string. A first set of matching results that match the identified first keyword is determined. Entry of the second keyword is detected and the second keyword identified. Using the second keyword, the first set of matching results is refined. The resulting search results are presented to a user.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A hardware storage device storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

detecting entry, in a search bar by the machine, of a first keyword of a search string comprising a plurality of keywords;
identifying the first keyword of the search string, the identifying of the first keyword occurring immediately after completion of entry of the first keyword in the search bar and prior to entry of a second keyword of the search string in the search bar;
in response to the identifying of the first keyword and prior to detecting entry of the second keyword, initiating a determination of a first set of matching results that match the first keyword;
in response to determining the first set of matching results, accessing images that correspond to the first set of matching results from a database;
presenting the images that correspond to the first set of matching results relative to the search bar;
after the initiating of the determination of the first set of matching results, detecting entry of the second keyword of the search string in the search bar;
identifying the second keyword of the search string, the identifying of the second keyword occurring immediately after completion of entry of the second keyword in the search bar;
in response to the identifying of the second keyword, refining, using the second keyword, the first set of matching results that match the first keyword to obtain a second set of matching results for the search string, the refining comprising removing results from the first set of matching results that fail to match the second keyword, the identifying of the first keyword, the identifying of the second keyword, the initiating the determination of the first set of matching results, and the refining of the first set of matching results occurs without a user selecting an enter key;
and
in response to completion of entry of the search string in the search bar, causing presentation of search results, the search results being a last set of matching results determined based on a last keyword of the search string.

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A method comprising:

detecting entry, in a search bar, of a first keyword of a search string comprising a plurality of keywords;
identifying the first keyword of the search string, the identifying of the first keyword occurring immediately after completion of entry of the first keyword in the search bar and prior to entry of a second keyword of the search string in the search bar;
in response to the identifying of the first keyword and prior to detecting entry of the second keyword, initiating a determination of a first set of matching results that match the first keyword;
in response to determining the first set of matching results, accessing images that correspond to the first set of matching results from a database;
presenting the images that correspond to the first set of matching results relative to the search bar;
after initiating the determination of the first set of matching results, detecting entry of the second keyword of the search string in the search bar;
identifying the second keyword of the search string, the identifying of the second keyword occurring immediately after completion of entry of the second keyword in the search bar;
in response to the identifying of the second keyword, refining, using the second keyword, the first set of matching results that match the first keyword to obtain a second set of matching results for the search string, the refining comprising removing results from the first set of matching results that fail to match the second keyword, the refining being performed by a hardware processor of a machine, the identifying of the first keyword, the identifying of the second keyword, the initiating the determination of the first set of matching results, and the refining of the first set of matching results occurs without a user selecting an enter key;
and
in response to completion of entry of the search string in the search bar, causing presentation of search results, the search results being a last set of matching results determined based on a last keyword of the search string.

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A system comprising:

one or more hardware processors;
and
a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, causes the one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising:
detecting entry, in a search bar, of a first keyword of a search string comprising a plurality of keywords;
identifying the first keyword of the search string, the identifying of the first keyword occurring immediately after entry of the first keyword in the search bar and prior to entry of a second keyword of the search string in the search bar;
in response to the identifying of the first keyword and prior to detecting entry of the second keyword, initiating a determination of a first set of matching results that match the first keyword;
in response to determining the first set of matching results, accessing images that correspond to the first set of matching results from a database;
presenting the images that correspond to the first set of matching results relative to the search bar;
after initiating the determination of the first set of matching results, detecting entry of the second keyword of the search string in the search bar;
identifying the second keyword of the search string, the identifying of the second keyword occurring immediately after completion of entry of the second keyword in the search bar;
in response to the identifying of the second keyword, refining, using the second keyword, the first set of matching results that match the first keyword to obtain a second set of matching results for the search string, the refining comprising removing results from the first set of matching results that fail to match the second keyword, the identifying of the first keyword, the identifying of the second keyword, the initiating the determination of the first set of matching results, and the refining of the first set of matching results occurs without a user selecting an enter key;
and
in response to completion of entry of the search string in the search bar, causing presentation of search results, the search results being a last set of matching results determined based on a last keyword of the search string.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.