Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080208831 | CONTROLLING SEARCH INDEXING - Computer readable media, systems, and methods for controlling search indexing are described. In embodiments, a search index control instruction is received and, if permitted by the search index control instruction, content pertaining to the received instruction is indexed and presented in accordance therewith. In one embodiment, receiving the search index control instruction includes traversing the Internet with a web crawler and analyzing one or both of a robots.txt file and source code associated with a website of interest to locate instructions. Search index control instructions may include, by way of example only, exclusionary instructions (e.g., excluding specified domains from linking to portions of the content associated with a website) and modification instructions (e.g., permitting indexing and presentation of content associated with a website but only in a modified form to reduce the risk of content theft). | 08-28-2008 |
20080306937 | Using search trails to provide enhanced search interaction - It has been found that user navigation that follows search engine interactions provides implicit endorsement of resources (such as web resources) that are preferred by users, and which may be particularly valuable for exploratory search tasks. Thus, a combination of past searching and browsing user behavior is analyzed to identify additional information that augments search results delivered by a search engine. The additional information may include a display of hyperlinks to locations which are derived from the past searching and browsing user behavior, given a specific input query. The additional information may be provided to supplement web search results. | 12-11-2008 |
20090064007 | GENERATING AND ORGANIZING REFERENCES TO ONLINE CONTENT - Systems, methods, and computer storage media for generating a virtual workspace that references online media content of interest, facilitates re-visitation of encountered instances of content, and shares those instances with other software applications are provided. Upon receiving an indication that an online media content item has been selected, at least a reference thereto is copied to a virtual workspace where it may be accessed at a later time. The virtual workspace may be organized into content collections via the use of reference groupings, folders, categories, tags, labels, and the like and may be accessible in the context of a plurality of applications. In embodiments, the virtual workspace is associated with a display area that is presented concurrently with an application being utilized so that the virtual workspace may be accessed and utilized without leaving the context of an active application. | 03-05-2009 |
20090150784 | USER INTERFACE FOR PREVIEWING VIDEO ITEMS - Systems, methods, and user interfaces for presenting video search results are provided. Representations of video search results are presented to the user. Each representation may include a video preview of the video item. If desired, the preview may be dynamically executed in response to a user action, for instance, in response to a user hovering over a portion of the associated video representation for at least a predetermined period of time. Another embodiment in accordance with the present invention relates to a user interface for presenting video search results in response to an input query. The user interface includes a video item representation display area and a video item display area. The video item representation display area displays a representation of each of the video items, and if desired, the representation is dynamically executed in response to a user action. The video item display area may display the one or more video items. | 06-11-2009 |
20090157612 | USER-CREATED SEARCH RESULTS IN AN INCENTIVE SCHEME - An economy is created where users compete to get their search lists shown based on a set of criteria. The search lists can be displayed after the users pay a rent associated with a query. The search lists continue to be displayed if search lists are popular with the public. If a search list is popular, it earns revenue for the creator of the list. If the search list is not popular, it is removed from being displayed and receives no further consideration. The creator initially creates a search list for a low-valued query and moves up to creating a search list for a higher-valued query if the creator can pay the higher rent associated with the higher-valued query. The creator earns more revenue when targeting higher-valued queries. The creator continues to create search lists until the highest-valued queries are reached. | 06-18-2009 |
20090198676 | Indexing Documents for Information Retrieval - Information retrieval systems such as web search systems locate documents amongst millions and even billions of possible documents on the basis of query terms. In order to achieve this document indexes are created. We propose creating new fields in the documents to store feedback information. This information comprises query terms used in a particular search as well as information about whether a particular document retrieved is given positive or negative feedback for example. Indexes are created on the basis of this feedback information in addition to other available information. As a result relevance of search results is improved. Multiple fields of information are available for given documents (such as abstract fields, title fields, anchor text fields as well as our feedback fields). Any search algorithm which deals with multiple fields as well as multiple query terms and which provides for differential weighting of document fields is used. | 08-06-2009 |
20090240683 | Presenting query suggestions based upon content items - Systems and methods for determining query suggestions based upon content items are provided. Content items may include, without limitation, a search query result item, e.g., displayed on a search results web page, an advertisement, and a query-based query suggestion. Once determined content-item-based query suggestions are presented to the user. If desired, such presentation may be dynamically exposed in response to a user action, for instance, in response to a user hovering over a portion of the associated content item for at least a predetermined period of time. | 09-24-2009 |
20100083155 | OBJECT SEARCH UI AND DRAGGING OBJECT RESULTS - A unique object navigation system, user interface, and method that facilitate faster and smoother navigation of objects are provided. For example, the system can generate a plurality of objects that can be rendered on a display space that spans a single page in length, thereby mitigating the need to navigate through multiple pages. The system can determine the length of the page according to the number of objects generated. To view off-screen objects, an infinite scroll component can be employed. The amount of scroll space needed to view the plurality of objects can be determined in part by the length of the page and/or by the number of objects. The objects can also be viewed in a film strip format that is infinitely scrollable. The film strip view allows a view of the objects to be maintained while also viewing a selected object in greater detail at the same time. | 04-01-2010 |