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20100205198 | SEARCH QUERY DISAMBIGUATION - Disclosed herein is a system and method of query disambiguation. At least one model is generated using training data, which model can be used to score, or rank, possible interpretations identified for a query, which can be used to select an interpretation from a number of possible interpretations. A selected interpretation can be used to process a web search request, e.g., to generate search results that relate to the selected query interpretation, rank or order the items in the search result based on relevance to the selected query interpretation, and/or identify a presentation to be used to display the search results based on the selected query interpretation. | 08-12-2010 |
20110161311 | SEARCH SUGGESTION CLUSTERING AND PRESENTATION - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for clustering and presenting search suggestions. A segment of text is obtained via a search query section of a user interface, the segment of text being a portion of a search query. A set of suggestions is obtained, each suggestion in the set of suggestions being a suggested search query relating to the segment of text. Two or more groups of suggestions are generated, each of the two or more groups of suggestions including a different subset of the set of suggestions. The two or more groups of suggestions are provided such that each of the two or more groups of suggestions is displayed in a separate partition of a search assistance segment of the user interface. | 06-30-2011 |
20110231387 | ENGAGING CONTENT PROVISION - A model is created and from seed trivia facts will create a database of pruned and ranked trivia facts and associated trigger terms. Search, email, or other information provider systems are configured to detect usage of the trigger terms and provide relevant trivia facts in response to the usage. | 09-22-2011 |
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20100306235 | Real-Time Detection of Emerging Web Search Queries - A current query model is constructed representing a first histogram of a first set of counts corresponding to a first set of search queries and a current time interval. One or more historical query models are constructed, each uniquely representing a different second histogram of a different second set of counts corresponding to a different second set of search queries and a different historical time interval. A third search query is received. A first generation probability is calculated for the third search query with respect to the current query model. One or more second generation probabilities are calculated for the third search query with respect to the historical query models. A ratio is calculated based on the first generation probability and the second generation probabilities. The third search query is identified as corresponding to an emerging event if the ratio satisfies a predetermined threshold requirement. | 12-02-2010 |
20110093459 | Incorporating Recency in Network Search Using Machine Learning - In one embodiment, access a set of recency ranking data comprising one or more recency search queries and one or more recency search results, each of the recency search queries being recency-sensitive with respect to a particular time period and being associated with a query timestamp representing the time at which the recency search query is received at a search engine, each of the recency search results being generated by the search engine for one of the recency search queries and comprising one or more recency network resources. Construct a plurality of recency features from the set of recency ranking data. Train a first ranking model via machine learning using at least the recency features. | 04-21-2011 |
20120084297 | Network-Resource-Specific Search Assistance - One embodiment identifies a set of network resources relating to a search query; determines one or more sets of query suggestions for one or more network resources from the set of network resources, respectively, wherein each one of the one or more sets of query suggestions is related to a corresponding one of the one or more network resources; and provides the one or more network resources and the one or more sets of query suggestions in response to the search query, wherein each one of the one or more sets of query suggestions is provided in association with its corresponding one of the one or more network resources. | 04-05-2012 |