Method and system for indexing information and providing results for a search including objects having predetermined attributes

• US 10,210,222 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2014
• Issued: 02/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Excalibur IP, LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Inventors: Larsson, Daniel Mattias, Gelin, Jan Olof, Hegerty, Ian Douglas
• Primary Examiner(s): Leroux, Etienne P
• Application Number:
  US14/205,908
• Publication Number:
  US 20140195523A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,805 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90 Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/94 Hypermedia Hyperlinking G06F40/134
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

A system and method for providing at least one search result responsive to receiving a search query comprising at least one search query term, includes receiving the search query; locating at least one record containing at least one search query term; displaying a text representation of each of the records containing at least one search query term; and displaying a representation of an object in relation with the text representation for each record that includes an object comprising at least one predetermined attribute. According to another embodiment of the invention, a method for indexing records in an index of an information network, includes the acts of: receiving a record; searching the record for an indication that an object comprising at least one specified attribute is to be displayed with the record; finding the indication; creating a representation of the object; storing the representation in association with the record to which it corresponds; and making an entry for the record in the index, said entry indicating the object to be displayed with the record.

Claims

1. A method, implemented on a machine having at least one processor, a storage, and a communication platform connected to a network for providing a search result, comprising:

identifying, by the at least one processor, a plurality of records in response to a query received from a user that specifies a first attribute for a textual element and a second attribute for a non-textual element, wherein the plurality of records is indexed in accordance with metawords associated with text and non-text elements of the plurality of records, and wherein the second attribute includes one or more of a size and aspect ratio;

identifying, by the at least one processor, a relevant record from among the plurality of records, the relevant record including a text element and a non-text element, wherein the text and non-text elements of the relevant record are associated with content of the relevant record, and wherein the relevant record is identified by matching a first metaword associated with the relevant record'"'"'s text element to the first attribute and by matching a second metaword associated with the relevant record'"'"'s non-text element to the second attribute; and

responsive to the query, presenting as a search result a link to the relevant record with a representation of the text element and a modified version of the non-text element to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second attribute includes a number of colors.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-text element is at least one of an audio, a video, and an image.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the modified version of the non-text element includes a thumbnail image of the non-text element.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the modified version of the non-text element is displayed below or next to the representation of the text element.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the search result is presented with an option for the user to select whether to save the relevant record to a personal file.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the search result is presented with an option for the user to select whether to email the relevant record to a friend of the user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the search result is presented with an option for the user to select whether to translate the relevant record.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the search result is presented with an option for the user to select whether to receive more records from a website associated with the relevant record.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the search result is presented with an option for the user to select whether to be presented all non-text elements of the relevant record.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-text element of the relevant record includes a plurality of non-text elements, and

wherein the link to the relevant record is presented to the user with the representation of the text element and the modified version of the non-text element that occurs first among the plurality of non-text elements in the relevant record.

12. A system having at least one processor, a storage, and a communication platform connected to a network for providing a search result, wherein the at least one processor is configured for:

identifying a plurality of records in response to a query received from a user that specifies a first attribute for a textual element and a second attribute for a non-textual element, wherein the plurality of records is indexed in accordance with metawords associated with text and non-text elements of the plurality of records, and wherein the second attribute includes one or more of a size and aspect ratio;

identifying a relevant record from among the plurality of records, the relevant record including a text element and a non-text element, wherein the text and non-text elements of the relevant record are associated with content of the relevant record, and wherein the relevant record is identified by matching a first metaword associated with the relevant record'"'"'s text element to the first attribute and by matching a second metaword associated with the relevant record'"'"'s non-text element to the second attribute; and

responsive to the query, presenting as a search result a link to the relevant record with a representation of the text element and a modified version of the non-text element to the user.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the second attribute includes a number of colors.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the non-text element is at least one of an audio, a video, and an image.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the modified version of the non-text element includes a thumbnail image of the non-text element.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the modified version of the non-text element is displayed below or next to the representation of the text element.

17. A machine-readable tangible and non-transitory medium having information for providing a search result, wherein the information, when read by the machine, causes the machine to perform the following:

identifying a plurality of records in response to a query received from a user that specifies a first attribute for a textual element and a second attribute for a non-textual element, wherein the plurality of records is indexed in accordance with metawords associated with text and non-text elements of the plurality of records, and wherein the second attribute includes one or more of a size and aspect ratio;

identifying a relevant record from among the plurality of records, the relevant record including a text element and a non-text element, wherein the text and non-text elements of the relevant record are associated with content of the relevant record, and wherein the relevant record is identified by matching a first metaword associated with the relevant record'"'"'s text element to the first attribute and by matching a second metaword associated with the relevant record'"'"'s non-text element to the second attribute; and

responsive to the query, presenting as a search result a link to the relevant record with a representation of the text element and a modified version of the non-text element to the user.

18. The medium of claim 17, wherein the second attribute includes a number of colors.

19. The medium of claim 17, wherein the non-text element is at least one of an audio, a video, and an image.

20. The medium of claim 17, wherein the modified version of the non-text element includes a thumbnail image of the non-text element.

21. The medium of claim 17, wherein the modified version of the non-text element is displayed below or next to the representation of the text element.