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US 9,959,318 B2Granted
Default structured search queries on online social networks
AssigneeFacebook, Inc.
InventorsYofay Kari Lee, Keith L. Peiris, William R. Maschmeyer, Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen, Aaron Sittig, Craig S. Campbell
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a social graph that includes a plurality of nodes and edges, identifying a nodes corresponding to a page currently accessed by a first user, generating one or more structured queries, where each structured query comprises a reference to the identified node and one or more edges that are connected to the identified node, and transmitting one or more of the structured queries to the first user for display on the page.
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A method comprising, by a computing system:
- receiving, from a client system of a first user of an online social network, an indication of the first user accessing a query field associated with a currently accessed page of the online social network, the online social network being associated with a plurality of entities, wherein the currently accessed page is a unique profile page of a particular entity of the plurality of entities;
- identifying the particular entity of the plurality of entities corresponding to the profile page
- generating one or more structured queries based on the particular entity corresponding to the profile page, each structured query comprising a reference to the particular entity corresponding to the profile page and one or more additional query tokens;
- and
- sending, to the client system of the first user, responsive to the user accessing the query field, instructions for displaying one or more suggested queries on the page, wherein the one or more suggested queries correspond to one or more of the structured queries, respectively, and wherein each suggested query that is displayed is selectable by the first user to retrieve search results corresponding to the selected query.
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One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:
- receive, from a client system of a first user of an online social network, an indication of the first user accessing a query field associated with a currently accessed page of the online social network, the online social network being associated with a plurality of entities, wherein the currently accessed page is a unique profile page of a particular entity of the plurality of entities;
- identify the particular entity of the plurality of entities corresponding to the profile page;
- generate one or more structured queries based on the particular entity corresponding to the profile page, each structured query comprising a reference to the particular entity corresponding to the profile page and one or more additional query tokens;
- and
- send, to the client system of the first user, responsive to the user accessing the query field, instructions for displaying one or more suggested queries on the page, wherein the one or more suggested queries correspond to one or more of the structured queries, respectively, and wherein each suggested query that is displayed is selectable by the first user to retrieve search results corresponding to the selected query.
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A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors operable when executing the instructions to:
- receive, from a client system of a first user of an online social network, an indication of the first user accessing a query field associated with a currently accessed page of the online social network, the online social network being associated with a plurality of entities, wherein the currently accessed page is a unique profile page of a particular entity of the plurality of entities;
- identify the particular entity of the plurality of entities corresponding to the profile page;
- generate one or more structured queries based on the particular entity corresponding to the profile page, each structured query comprising a reference to the particular entity corresponding to the profile page and one or more additional query tokens;
- and
- send, to the client system of the first user, responsive to the user accessing the query field, instructions for displaying one or more suggested queries on the page, wherein the one or more suggested queries correspond to one or more of the structured queries, respectively, and wherein each suggested query that is displayed is selectable by the first user to retrieve search results corresponding to the selected query.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.