Patent ID: 8108379
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a user history module, the method comprising: providing a history carousel module to a user, the history carousel module intercepting user interactions with a content module, the content module being a search engine interface, the history carousel module: monitoring the user interactions with respect to one or more content items, the one or more content items responsive to a plurality of queries within the content module; associating the user interactions with a given corpus of a plurality of corpora selected for searching with the plurality of queries, wherein the plurality of corpora are of various content types upon which searches are performed; generating history information related to the user interactions with the one or more content items and the given corpus of the plurality of corpora selected for the searches associated with the plurality of queries; extracting one or more keywords from each of the plurality of queries and the one or more content items, wherein the plurality of queries and the one or more content items are associated with a given concept; generating a history concept cluster on the basis of the extracted keywords, the history concept cluster including a plurality of logically related queries; clustering the history information with the plurality of queries and the one or more content items interacted with by the user into the history concept cluster; and updating the history carousel module with an icon representing the history concept cluster wherein the icon is capable of providing textual display of the extracted keywords, being selectable during content navigation, and expanded to reveal the plurality of queries and the one or more content items in the history concept cluster.