Automatically providing relevant search results based on user behavior

• US 10,108,720 B2
• Filed: 11/28/2012
• Issued: 10/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Li, Meli, Henri F., Stecher, David M., Sun, Lin
• Primary Examiner(s): Waldron, Scott A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lodhi, Andalib F
• Application Number:
  US13/687,529
• Publication Number:
  US 20140149390A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,155 Days
• Field of Search: 707722, 707736, 707749
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3326 using relevance feedback from the user, e.g. relevance feedback on documents, documents sets, document terms or passages
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9038 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a system displays initial search results based on a query and enables selection by a user of an item within the search results. The system determines refined search results based on behavior of the user with respect to the initial search results. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for presenting revised search results based on user behavior while examining the results in substantially the same manners described above.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one processor configured to;

display, in a first window, initial search results based on an original query and enable selection by a user of an item within search results;

monitor actions performed by the user with respect to at least one of the search results from the initial search results and generate information associated with the user'"'"'s actions, wherein the user'"'"'s actions are each directed to interaction with the initial search results for a first period of time and include opening at least one of the search results from the initial search results;

determine a user'"'"'s interest in the initial search results from the user'"'"'s actions with respect to the initial search results and associated information;

determine at least one keyword from the determined user'"'"'s interest;

modify the original query with the at least one determined keyword and execute the modified query to produce refined search results;

automatically display each of the plurality of the refined search results in multiple different windows separate from the first window that displays the initial search results;

monitor the user'"'"'s actions with respect to the refined search results, wherein the user'"'"'s actions with respect to the refined search results are each directed to interaction with the refined search results for a second period of time and include opening at least one of the search results from the refined search results; and

in response to detecting a change in the user'"'"'s interest based on the user'"'"'s actions with respect to the refined search results;

discard the user'"'"'s prior actions with respect to the refined search results; and

refresh the refined search results by executing a new query with information based on the user'"'"'s actions with respect to the refined search results triggering the change in the user'"'"'s interest to produce new search results for the changed user'"'"'s interest.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the associated information comprises an amount of time a user accesses at least one of the opened search results of the initial search results.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the refined search results are selected from the initial search results.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the refined search results include additional items not included within the initial search results.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the associated information comprises metadata of the at least one opened search result from the initial search results.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the associated information comprises an identifier of the at least one opened search result from the initial search results.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the associated information comprises text selected by the user in the at least one opened search result from the initial search results.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein determining the at least one keyword comprises:

determining at least one additional keyword from the text selected by the user.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the associated information comprises time spent by the user displaying the at least one opened search result from the initial search results.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein opening at least one of the search results from the displayed initial search results comprises selecting an item from a hyperlink, title, context information, or document of the search results.

11. A computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith for execution on a first processing system, the computer readable program code comprising computer readable program code configured to;

display, in a first window, initial search results based on an original query and enable selection by a user of an item within search results;

monitor actions performed by the user with respect to at least one of the search results from the initial search results and generate information associated with the user'"'"'s actions, wherein the user'"'"'s actions are each directed to interaction with the initial search results for a first period of time and include opening at least one of the search results from the initial search results;

determine a user'"'"'s interest in the initial search results from the user'"'"'s actions with respect to the initial search results and associated information;

determine at least one keyword from the determined user'"'"'s interest;

modify the original query with the at least one determined keyword and execute the modified query to produce refined search results;

automatically display each of the plurality of the refined search results in multiple different windows separate from the first window that displays the initial search results;

monitor the user'"'"'s actions with respect to the refined search results, wherein the user'"'"'s actions with respect to the refined search results are each directed to interaction with the refined search results for a second period of time and include opening at least one of the search results from the refined search results; and

in response to detecting a change in the user'"'"'s interest based on the user'"'"'s actions with respect to the refined search results;

discard the user'"'"'s prior actions with respect to the refined search results; and

refresh the refined search results by executing a new query with information based on the user'"'"'s actions with respect to the refined search results triggering the change in the user'"'"'s interest to produce new search results for the changed user'"'"'s interest.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the associated information comprises an amount of time a user accesses at least one of the opened search results of the initial search results.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the refined search results are selected from the initial search results.

14. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the refined search results include additional items not included within the initial search results.