Media consumption history

• US 10,275,464 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2013
• Issued: 04/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Sharifi, Matthew
• Primary Examiner(s): Saeed, Usmaan
• Application Number:
  US14/133,791
• Publication Number:
  US 20150052121A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,958 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2455 Query execution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/433 using audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/437 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialisation, adaptation, distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/487 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/489 using time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/685 using automatically derived transcript of audio data, e.g. lyrics speech recognition G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7834 using audio features
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/54 for retrieval

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus for receiving a request that includes a user identifier of a user that submitted a search query and an entity identifier of an entity that is referenced by the search query, identifying a plurality of knowledge elements that are related to the entity, identifying, in a consumption database, one or more items that have been indicated as consumed by the user and that are associated with the entity that is referenced by the search query, assigning rank scores to the plurality of knowledge elements, based at least on identifying the one or more items, selecting one or more of the knowledge elements from among the knowledge elements based at least on the rank scores assigned to the knowledge elements, and providing, in response to the request, information associated with the entity and the one or more selected knowledge elements.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving a request that includes (i) a user identifier of a user that submitted a search query, and (ii) an entity identifier of an entity that is referenced by the search query;

generating a knowledge card to be presented within a search results page that includes search results ordered in relevance to the search query according to a ranking that defines a plurality of positions of the search results, the generating including;

identifying a plurality of knowledge elements that are related to the entity;

identifying, in a consumption database, one or more items that have been indicated as consumed by the user and that are associated with the entity that is referenced by the search query;

assigning, by one or more computers, rank scores to the plurality of knowledge elements, based at least on identifying the one or more items that have been indicated as consumed by the user and that are associated with the entity that is referenced by the search query;

selecting two or more of the knowledge elements from among the plurality of knowledge elements to be presented in the knowledge card based at least on the rank scores assigned to the knowledge elements; and

determining a position from the plurality of positions of the search results as a determined position of the knowledge card to be presented with the search results page associated with the search query, the knowledge card including information associated with the entity and the two or more selected knowledge elements, and the determined position based on the rank scores assigned to the two or more knowledge elements and the ranking that defines the plurality of positions of the search results; and

providing, in response to the request, data that causes (i) the knowledge card to be presented with the search results page such that a position of the knowledge card presented with the search results page corresponds to the determined position, and (ii) information associated with the entity and the two or more selected knowledge elements to be presented in the knowledge card.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a knowledge element is at least one of a known fact related to the entity or an item of content related to the entity.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein assigning rank scores to the plurality of knowledge elements comprises:

determining, based at least on identifying the one or more items that have been indicated as consumed by the user and that are associated with the entity that is referenced by the search query, a level of familiarity of the user with the entity; and

assigning rank scores to the knowledge elements based at least on the determined level of familiarity of the user with the entity.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein assigning rank scores to the knowledge elements comprises:

determining item types associated with the items that have been indicated as consumed by the user and that are associated with the entity that is referenced by the search query;

determining element types associated with one or more of the knowledge elements; and

assigning rank scores to the knowledge elements, based at least on the item types associated with the items that have been indicated as consumed by the user and that are associated with the entity that is referenced by the search query, and the element types associated with the knowledge elements.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising:

determining, based on identifying the one or more items that have been indicated as consumed by the user and that are associated with the entity that is referenced by the search query, a number of knowledge elements to include in the knowledge card; and

providing, in response to the request, data that causes the knowledge card to be presented with the search results page such that the knowledge card includes the determined number of knowledge elements.

6. A system comprising:

one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising;

receiving a request that includes (i) a user identifier of a user that submitted a search query, and (ii) an entity identifier of an entity that is referenced by the search query;

generating a knowledge card to be presented within a search results page that includes search results ordered in relevance to the search query according to a ranking that defines a plurality of positions of the search results, the generating including;

identifying a plurality of knowledge elements that are related to the entity;

identifying, in a consumption database, one or more items that have been indicated as consumed by the user and that are associated with the entity that is referenced by the search query;

assigning, by one or more computers, rank scores to the plurality of knowledge elements, based at least on identifying the one or more items that have been indicated as consumed by the user and that are associated with the entity that is referenced by the search query;

selecting two or more of the knowledge elements from among the plurality of knowledge elements to be presented in the knowledge card based at least on the rank scores assigned to the knowledge elements; and

determining a position from the plurality of positions of the search results as a determined position of the knowledge card to be presented with the search results page associated with the search query, the knowledge card including information associated with the entity and the two or more selected knowledge elements, and the determined position based on the rank scores assigned to the two or more knowledge elements and the ranking that defines the plurality of positions of the search results; and

providing, in response to the request, data that causes (i) the knowledge card to be presented with the search results page such that a position of the knowledge card presented with the search results page corresponds to the determined position, and (ii) information associated with the entity and the two or more selected knowledge elements to be presented in the knowledge card.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein a knowledge element is at least one of a known fact related to the entity or an item of content related to the entity.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein assigning rank scores to the plurality of knowledge elements comprises:

determining, based at least on identifying the one or more items that have been indicated as consumed by the user and that are associated with the entity that is referenced by the search query, a level of familiarity of the user with the entity; and

assigning rank scores to the knowledge elements based at least on the determined level of familiarity of the user with the entity.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein assigning rank scores to the knowledge elements comprises:

determining item types associated with the items that have been indicated as consumed by the user and that are associated with the entity that is referenced by the search query;

determining element types associated with one or more of the knowledge elements; and

assigning rank scores to the knowledge elements, based at least on the item types associated with the items that have been indicated as consumed by the user and that are associated with the entity that is referenced by the search query, and the element types associated with the knowledge elements.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the operations comprise:

determining, based on identifying the one or more items that have been indicated as consumed by the user and that are associated with the entity that is referenced by the search query, a number of knowledge elements to include in the knowledge card; and

providing, in response to the request, data that causes the knowledge card to be presented with the search results page such that the knowledge card includes the determined number of knowledge elements.

11. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving a request that includes (i) a user identifier of a user that submitted a search query, and (ii) an entity identifier of an entity that is referenced by the search query;

generating a knowledge card to be presented within a search results page that includes search results ordered in relevance to the search query according to a ranking that defines a plurality of positions of the search results, the generating including;

identifying a plurality of knowledge elements that are related to the entity;

identifying, in a consumption database, one or more items that have been indicated as consumed by the user and that are associated with the entity that is referenced by the search query;

assigning, by one or more computers, rank scores to the plurality of knowledge elements, based at least on identifying the one or more items that have been indicated as consumed by the user and that are associated with the entity that is referenced by the search query;

selecting two or more of the knowledge elements from among the plurality of knowledge elements to be presented in the knowledge card based at least on the rank scores assigned to the knowledge elements; and

determining a position from the plurality of positions of the search results as a determined position of the knowledge card to be presented with the search results page associated with the search query, the knowledge card including information associated with the entity and the two or more selected knowledge elements, and the determined position based on the rank scores assigned to the two or more knowledge elements and the ranking that defines the plurality of positions of the search results; and

providing, in response to the request, data that causes (i) the knowledge card to be presented with the search results page such that a position of the knowledge card presented with the search results page corresponds to the determined position, and (ii) information associated with the entity and the two or more selected knowledge elements to be presented in the knowledge card.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein a knowledge element is at least one of a known fact related to the entity or an item of content related to the entity.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein assigning rank scores to the plurality of knowledge elements comprises:

determining, based at least on identifying the one or more items that have been indicated as consumed by the user and that are associated with the entity that is referenced by the search query, a level of familiarity of the user with the entity; and

assigning rank scores to the knowledge elements based at least on the determined level of familiarity of the user with the entity.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein assigning rank scores to the knowledge elements comprises:

determining item types associated with the items that have been indicated as consumed by the user and that are associated with the entity that is referenced by the search query;

determining element types associated with one or more of the knowledge elements; and

assigning rank scores to the knowledge elements, based at least on the item types associated with the items that have been indicated as consumed by the user and that are associated with the entity that is referenced by the search query, and the element types associated with the knowledge elements.

15. The method of claim 11, comprising:

determining, based on identifying the one or more items that have been indicated as consumed by the user and that are associated with the entity that is referenced by the search query, a position of the knowledge card, wherein the determined position defines a position of the knowledge card being presented with the search results page; and

providing, in response to the request, data that causes the knowledge card to be presented with the search results page such that the position of the knowledge card presented with the search results page corresponds to the determined positon.