Patent ID: 9607087
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving seed queries for an answer box that is to be provided in response to queries; analyzing query log information, wherein analyzing query log information comprises identifying query results that have been provided in response to past search request performed by the seed queries; identifying one or more uniform resource locator from one or more of the query results as answer box indicators based on the analyses of the query log information, wherein the answer box indicators are indicators for the answer box; storing data identifying the one or more query results as answer box indicators for the answer box; receiving, from a user device, a search query input by a user, the search query being different from the seed queries; obtaining search query results responsive to the search query, wherein each of the query results has a respective ranking; identifying answer box indicators from the search query results based on a matching of search query results for the search query to the answer box indicators identified for the seed queries, wherein each of the answer box indicators has a query association score that represents an association between the answer box indicator and the search query; determining an answer box score for the answer box from the query association scores for the answer box indicators identified from the search query results; determining that the answer box score satisfies a first threshold; and in response to determining that the answer box score satisfied the first threshold score, providing the answer box in response to the search query.