Patent ID: 8380707
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for generating search result snippets, the method comprising: obtaining a first set of search results responsive to a first query during a search session, the first query including one or more first search tokens; for each search result in the first set of search results, identifying a first snippet in content referred to by the search result, the first snippet selected based on a location of the one or more first search tokens of the first query in the content referred to by the search result; obtaining a second set of search results responsive to a different second query during the search session, the second query including one or more second search tokens; identifying a repetitive search result that is a search result for both the first query and the second query during the search session, wherein the repetitive search result was not selected in the first set of search results; and selecting a second snippet for the repetitive search result from a plurality of candidate second snippets in content referred to by the repetitive search result based at least partly on a plurality of weights for each of the plurality of candidate second snippets, wherein the plurality of weights include a first weight determined from a location of the second search tokens in the content referred to by the repetitive search result and a second weight determined based on whether content of the first snippet is included in the respective candidate second snippet.