Display of boosted slashtag results

• US 10,007,705 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2013
• Issued: 06/26/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Annau, Thomas M., Lindahl, Gregory B., Makonnen, Samuel, Markson, Michael, Peters, Keith, Saliba, Robert Michael, Sary, Al, Skrenta, Rich, Swartz, Dan, Truel, Robert N., Walters, Timothy
• Primary Examiner(s): LIN, SHEW FEN
• Application Number:
  US13/873,430
• Publication Number:
  US 20130246405A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,883 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

At least one key word is detect in a search query. Alternative search query is automatically generated based on the at least one key word. The alternative search query includes a search operator associated with the at least one key word. A first search result is generated based on the alternative search query and displayed in a web browser.

Claims

1. A method for processing content to be displayed, comprising:

receiving, from a user, a search query including;

one or more key words and a boosted slashtag,

the boosted slashtag comprising a union of slashtags including a term wrapped in a predetermined syntax, and

a boosting indicator prepended to the predetermined syntax of the union of the slashtags, the boosting indicator including one or more predetermined symbols indicating that search results included within the union of the slashtags are to be given a higher ranking than search results not included within the union of the slashtags, where each slashtag is associated with a list of websites or URLs;

in response to detecting the union of the slashtags and the boosting indicator prepended to the union of the slashtags in the search query, determining a boosted search results ranking, including;

performing a search for the one or more key words to obtain the search results, the search results including a plurality of websites,

determining a subset of the search results, where the subset includes;

all websites of the plurality of websites that are located within a plurality of predetermined slashtags defined in the union of the slashtags, where each of the plurality of predetermined slashtags references a collection of websites, and

where the plurality of predetermined slashtags includes all slashtags editable by the user and all slashtags that the user has requested to follow for updates;

identifying a rank associated with each website of the subset of the search results,

increasing the rank associated with each website of the subset of the search results by a predetermined factor to create a boosted rank for each website of the subset of the search results,

determining, utilizing a hardware processor, an order of the plurality of websites of the search results, utilizing a rank associated with each of the plurality of websites of the search results, and the boosted rank for each website of the subset of the search results,

generating second search results, the second search results being generated without utilizing the boosted rank for each website of the subset of the search results; and

displaying the plurality of websites of the search results in the determined order on a single web page, and providing a link to select the second search results on the single web page, wherein the plurality of web sites of the search results and the link to select the second search results are displayed next to each other on the single web page.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the subset of the search results appear higher in rank in the search results.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the slashtags that the user has requested to follow for updates includes a collection of opinions or reviews within a community.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the community is a platform for sharing and commenting about shared content.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the community is a platform for determining shared content based on expert opinions.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the user, a second search query including the one or more additional keywords and the union slashtag;

in response to detecting the union slashtag in the second search query, performing a second search for the one or more additional keywords, where only websites within the plurality of predetermined slashtags are considered when generating the search result; and

displaying results of the second search.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection of a preference checkbox; and

applying the union slashtag and the boosting indicator to all future search queries received from the user, in response to the selection.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein each result item of the plurality of websites of the search results or the second search results comprises a two-line format, wherein a first line is dedicated to a page URL title that hyperlinks to the respective page URL;

and a second line is dedicated to at least a subset of a group consisting of a website title, one or more content tags, one or more site tags, and an optional snippet.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more site tags include, displayed at a web browser, at least a subset of a group consisting of:

links, seo, rss, cache, source, ip, rank, hostrank, and adsense.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more site tags include a social network indicator to enable a user to indicate a preference of the respective search result item.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the search query further includes at least one other slashtag.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one other slashtag includes a /history slashtag, wherein the search results are obtained from websites viewed by a user in the past.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising storing content associated with a user'"'"'s viewing history with an encrypted key configured to be decrypted by an action by the user.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein being configured to be decrypted by an action by the user includes decrypting the encrypted content each time that the/history slashtag is used.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein being configured to be decrypted by an action by the user includes decrypting the encrypted content each time the user logs in.