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Matched Legal Cases: ['§119', 'Application No. 200680013556', 'Application No. 2008', 'Application No. 200680013556', 'Application No. 200680013556', 'Application No. 2007', 'Application No. 2008', 'Application No. 200680013556', 'Application No. 2007558198', 'Application No: 10', 'Application No. 095109496', 'Application No. 06738810']

Patent US9092523 - Methods of and systems for searching by incorporating user-entered information - Google Patentsuche
A system for and a method of using user-entered information to return more meaningful information in response to Internet search queries are disclosed. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises managing a database in response to multiple user inputs and displaying search results from...http://www.google.de/patents/US9092523?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US9092523 - Methods of and systems for searching by incorporating user-entered information
Veröffentlichungsnummer US9092523 B2
Anmeldenummer US 11/364,617
Eingetragen 27. Febr. 2006
Auch veröffentlicht unter CA2599631A1, CA2599631C, CN103500198A, CN103500198B, EP1866802A2, EP1866802A4, US9355178, US20060271524, US20150294003, US20160246796, WO2006094097A2, WO2006094097A3
Veröffentlichungsnummer 11364617, 364617, US 9092523 B2, US 9092523B2, US-B2-9092523, US9092523 B2, US9092523B2
Erfinder Michael Tanne, Yunshan Lu, Bruce D. Karsh
Ursprünglich Bevollmächtigter Search Engine Technologies, Llc
Patentzitate (68), Nichtpatentzitate (37), Referenziert von (7), Klassifizierungen (7), Juristische Ereignisse (5)
US 9092523 B2
c) presenting web page search results from the database in response to a second search query initiated by a second user different from the one or more first users, wherein the web page search results includes supplemental information related to the search query and a results list comprising a list of web pages related to the second search query, multiple users are able to modify the same portions of the supplemental information, which pages are presented and the order in which the web pages are presented are influenced by the relevance feedback received prior to the second search query, the relevance feedback is different from selection of a link to a web page in the results list, the supplemental information includes a user-entered description of a first concept related to the search query, and the user-entered description of the first concept contains one of a link to a description of a second concept related to the first concept or links to documents related to the first concept.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the supplemental information includes at least one of a user-entered description of a first concept related to the search query or hyperlinks to documents related to the search query, wherein managing the database comprises any one of adding, editing, and deleting the description of the first concept or the hyperlinks.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the supplemental information includes a list of different concepts related to the search query.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second concept is any one of a sub-category of the first concept, a co-occurrence of the first concept, and a concept whose occurrence is statistically related to occurrences of the first concept.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein a relationship between the first concept and the second concept is determined by selecting one of predetermined criteria, user-entered categories, and a statistical relationship.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the supplemental information comprises a link for automatically executing a second search query related to the first search query.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein a term of the second search query is input by a user.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein a term of the second search query is determined by a computer.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the computer-determined term is derived from any one of its co-occurrence in a document containing a term of the first search query, its location within a document containing a term of the first search query, and a density of its occurrences in a document containing a term of the first search query.
12. The method of claim 1, further comprising using a suspension criterion to suspend an ability of a user to provide relevance feedback.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein managing the database comprises computing the influence that relevance feedback has on the ranking of elements in the results list subsequent to initiation of the search query by the user.
14. The method of claim 1, wherein the order in which the web pages are to be initially presented in the results list in response to the search query initiated by the user is influenced by relevance feedback received in the context of a previous search query.
15. The method of claim 1, wherein the web pages are to be initially presented in the results list, and in which order the web pages are presented, in response to the search query initiated by the user is influenced by relevance feedback received in a context other than a previous search query.
16. The method of claim 1, wherein the relevance feedback comprises information related to relevancies of elements in the results list or an indication of the user=s assessment of the quality or interest of the web page corresponding to an entry in the results list.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the indication of the user=s assessment of the quality or interest of the web page comprises either assigning a rating to the web page or indicating that the web page is more relevant or interesting, or less relevant or interesting.
18. The method of claim 1, wherein the supplemental information is presented separately from and independently of the entries in the results list.
19. The method of claim 1, wherein the supplemental information is input by a user.
20. The method of claim 1, wherein the supplemental information is determined by a computer.
21. The method of claim 1, wherein the Internet search application comprises a search engine and a content manager, wherein the content manager stores user input in the database, modifies user input in the database, deletes user input from the database, and any combination thereof.
b) a search engine for querying a database and providing the web page search results in response to user queries;
c) a content manager for managing the supplemental information in response to user input, wherein the user input comprises the relevance feedback; and
d) a first data store coupled to the content manager for storing supplemental information related to the search query, wherein the web page search results include the supplemental information, and multiple users are able to modify the same portions of the supplemental information, wherein after the second user modifies the supplemental information previously provided by a first user, any user, including the first user, is able to at least one of further modify the supplemental information or revert the modification of the second user.
23. The system of claim 22, wherein the supplemental information includes at least one of a user-entered description of a first concept related to the search query or hyperlinks to documents related to the search query, wherein the user-entered description or the hyperlinks are presented separately from and independently of the entries in the results list, and wherein managing the database comprises any one of adding, editing, and deleting the description of the first concept or the hyperlinks.
24. The system of claim 22, wherein the supplemental information includes a user-entered description of a first concept related to the search query, wherein the user-entered description of the first concept is presented separately from and independently of the entries in the results list, and wherein the user-entered description of the first concept contains one of a link to a description of a second concept related to the first concept or links to documents related to the first concept.
25. The system of claim 22, wherein the supplemental information includes a list of different concepts related to the search query.
26. The system of claim 22, wherein the content manager is configured to receive the user input to add, edit, or delete a link to a description of a second concept, and the description of the second concept is part of the supplemental information.
27. The system of claim 22, wherein the supplemental information comprises a user-entered description of a first concept and the content manager is configured to receive the user input to add, edit, or delete the description of the first concept.
28. The system of claim 22, further comprising an area that displays links for automatically executing a second search query related to the first search query.
29. The system of claim 22, wherein the order in which the web pages are to be initially presented in the results list in response to the search query initiated by the user is influenced by relevance feedback received in the context of a previous search query.
30. The system of claim 22, wherein the order in which the web pages are to be initially presented in the results list in response to the search query initiated by the user is influenced by relevance feedback received in a context other than a previous search query.
31. The system of claim 22, wherein the relevance feedback comprises an indication to block one or more entries in the results list by selection of a blocking mechanism.
32. The system of claim 22, wherein the Web server computer is configured to use a suspension criterion to suspend the ability of a user to provide relevance feedback.
33. The system of claim 22, wherein the supplemental information is displayed separately from and independently of the web pages in the web page results list and includes a user-entered description of a first concept related to the first search query.
34. The system of claim 22, wherein the supplemental information is read from a file.
35. The system of claim 22, wherein the relevance feedback comprises information related to relevancies of elements in the results list or an indication of the user=s assessment of the quality or interest of the web page corresponding to an entry in the results list.
a) managing a database including user input, wherein the database comprises supplemental information, wherein the supplemental information includes at least one of a user-entered description of a first concept related to the search query or hyperlinks to documents related to the search query, and wherein managing the database comprises any one of adding, editing, and deleting the description of the first concept or the hyperlinks; and
37. The method of claim 36, wherein the supplemental information is presented separately from and independently of the entries in the results list.
38. The method of claim 36, wherein the supplemental information includes a user-entered description of a first concept related to the search query.
40. The method of claim 36, wherein the supplemental information includes a list of different concepts related to the search query.
41. The method of claim 36, wherein the order in which the web pages are initially presented is influenced by relevance feedback.
a) a Web server computer configured to present web page search results, wherein the web page search results include a results list and supplemental information related to terms of a search query initiated by a user, wherein the results list comprises a list of web pages related to the terms of the search query, and wherein multiple users are able to modify the same portions of the supplemental information regardless of the source of the supplemental information, wherein the supplemental information includes at least one of a user-entered description of a first concept related to the search query or hyperlinks to documents related to the search query, and wherein managing the database comprises any one of adding, editing, and deleting the description of the first concept or the hyperlinks;
45. The system of claim 44, wherein the supplemental information is presented separately from and independently of the entries in the results list.
46. The system of claim 44, wherein the supplemental information includes a user-entered description of a first concept related to the search query.
48. The system of claim 44, wherein the supplemental information includes a list of different concepts related to the search query.
49. The system of claim 44, wherein the order in which the web pages are initially presented is influenced by relevance feedback.
This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of the U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/657,371, filed on Feb. 28, 2005, and titled “Search Engine that Incorporates User-Entered Information,” which is hereby incorporated by reference.
In accordance with the present invention, search results are able to be ranked in response to users providing feedback with regard to web pages they think are relevant, even if they provide this feedback outside of the context of a search, or even if they tag it a web page with terms other than the search query in the first search.
Also in response to the query, the content manager 320 retrieves supplemental information related to the query from the data repository 330, including concept descriptions, other-concept descriptions, “See also” links and related query terms. This information is displayed, for example, in areas 120, 130, 140 and 150, respectively, of FIG. 1. The content manager 320 also allows users to add, edit, or remove supplemental information. The Web server 310 combines the results from the search engine 340 with the information from the content manager 320 and returns the combination to the user. The content manager 320 determines whether the user changed supplemental information and, if so, stores it in the data repository 330. The new or updated information is now available to a later user running the same or similar search.
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