Interactive search results page

• US 10,216,797 B2
• Filed: 02/12/2016
• Issued: 02/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Morris, Meredith June, Counts, Scott Joseph, Roseway, Asta Jane, Schwarz, Julia
• Primary Examiner(s): Tiv, Backhean
• Application Number:
  US15/043,149
• Publication Number:
  US 20160162552A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,110 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/00 Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism healthcare informatics G16H
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

Described herein are various technologies pertaining to presenting search results to a user, wherein the search results are messages generated by way of social networking applications. An interactive graphical object is presented together with retrieved messages, and messages are filtered responsive to interactions with the interactive graphical object. Additionally, a graphical object that is indicative of credibility of a message is presented together with the message.

Claims

1. A method comprising,

presenting a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display in response to receipt of a user query, wherein the GUI comprises:

a first subset of messages identified from amongst a plurality of messages as being relevant to the user query, wherein the plurality of messages are generated by at least one social networking application;

an interactive graphical object, wherein the interactive graphical object comprises a selectable phrase that is included in a message in the first subset of messages; and

responsive to the selectable phrase in the interactive graphical object being selected, presenting a second GUI on the display, wherein the second GUI comprises a second subset of messages from the first subset of messages, each message in the second subset of messages comprises the phrase from the selectable phrase selected from the interactive graphical object.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein messages in the first subset of messages are selected for display based upon a measure of diversity across the messages in the first subset of messages.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the measure of diversity is a measure of diversity across content of the messages in the first subset of messages.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the measure of diversity is a measure of geographic diversity pertaining to authors of the messages in the first subset of messages.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the measure of diversity is a measure of diversity of sentiment across the messages in the first subset of messages.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the selectable phrase is not included in the received query.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the GUI comprises a second interactive graphical object, the second interactive graphical object indicative of at least one of:

a number of messages generated in a defined time window;

a number of messages generated by way of a particular social network application;

or

a number of messages assigned to a particular sentiment.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the GUI comprises a second interactive graphical object, wherein the second interactive graphical object is representative of a number of messages that are assigned a geographic region, the method further comprising:

responsive to receiving an indication of user interaction with the second interactive graphical object, filtering, based upon geographic regions associated with respective messages, one of;

the first subset of the plurality of messages;

or

the second subset of the plurality of messages.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the GUI comprises a second interactive graphical object, wherein the second interactive graphical object is representative of a number of messages generated by an author on a topic pertaining to the query.

10. A system comprising

at least one processor;

and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform acts comprising;

presenting a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display in response to receipt of a user query, wherein the GUI comprises;

a first subset of messages identified from amongst a plurality of messages as being relevant to the user query, wherein the plurality of messages are generated by at least one social networking application;

an interactive graphical object, wherein the interactive graphical object comprises a selectable phrase that is included in a message in the first subset of messages; and

responsive to the selectable phrase in the interactive graphical object being selected, presenting a second GUI on the display, wherein the second GUI comprises a second subset of messages from the first subset of messages, each message in the second subset of messages comprises the phrase from the selectable phrase selected from the interactive graphical object.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein messages in the first subset of messages are selected for display based upon a measure of diversity across the messages in the first subset of messages.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the measure of diversity is a measure of diversity across content of the messages in the first subset of messages.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the measure of diversity is a measure of geographic diversity pertaining to authors of the messages in the first subset of messages.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the measure of diversity is a measure of diversity of sentiment across the messages in the first subset of messages.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the selectable phrase is not included in the received query.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the GUI comprises a second interactive graphical object, the second interactive graphical object indicative of at least one of:

a number of messages generated in a defined time window;

a number of messages generated by way of a particular social network application;

or

a number of messages assigned to a particular sentiment.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the GUI comprises a second interactive graphical object, wherein the second interactive graphical object is representative of a number of messages that are assigned a geographic region, the method further comprising:

responsive to receiving an indication of user interaction with the second interactive graphical object, filtering, based upon geographic regions associated with respective messages, one of;

the first subset of the plurality of messages;

or

the second subset of the plurality of messages.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the GUI comprises a second interactive graphical object, wherein the second interactive graphical object is representative of a number of messages generated by an author on a topic pertaining to the query.

19. Computer-readable memory comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:

presenting a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display in response to receipt of a user query, wherein the GUI comprises;

a first subset of messages identified from amongst a plurality of messages as being relevant to the user query, wherein the plurality of messages are generated by at least one social networking application;

an interactive graphical object, wherein the interactive graphical object comprises a selectable phrase that is included in a message in the first subset of messages; and

responsive to the selectable phrase in the interactive graphical object being selected, presenting a second GUI on the display, wherein the second GUI comprises a second subset of messages from the first subset of messages, each message in the second subset of messages comprises the phrase from the selectable phrase selected from the interactive graphical object.

20. The computer-readable memory of claim 19, wherein messages in the first subset of messages are selected for display based upon a measure of diversity across the messages in the first subset of messages.