Patent ID: 9092527
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer program product for performing application search, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed cause at least one processor to perform steps comprising: receiving a search query including one or more search terms from a computing device; querying an entity index with at least one of the one or more search terms to identify one or more entities from a plurality of entities based on the one or more search terms included in the search query, the entity index indexing a plurality of entity records, each entity record respectively corresponding to a known entity and indicating an entity type of the entity; identifying a set of third-party applications based on the one or more search terms included in the search query, wherein each third-party application in the set of third-party applications is identified based on matches between one or more of the search terms and information conveyed in an application record corresponding to the third-party application; for each third-party application in the set of third party applications: ranking the identified set of third-party applications based at least in part on the result scores thereof; generating search results based on the ranked set of third-party applications; and providing the search results to the computing device.