Operator tag search system

• US 10,394,836 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2015
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Cho, Frank Seo, Badalamenti, John Conway
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore, William L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Distefano, Gregory A
• Application Number:
  US14/856,078
• Publication Number:
  US 20170075536A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,441 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop

Abstract

An operator tag search system can generate a search page including a search box and identify an initial set of user inputs in the search box. The search system can generate operator tags in the search box, where each operator tag includes a selected search property, an operator, and an inputted value. The search system can perform a dynamic search in one or more databases to satisfy each of the operator tags. Based on the dynamic search, the search system can generate a results feature for display on the search page.

Claims

1. An operator tag search system comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memory resources storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the operator tag search system to;

generate a search page including a search box for display on a user device;

identify an initial set of user inputs in the search box;

in response to identifying the initial set of user inputs, generate a search property drop-down menu comprising a set of search properties;

identify a user selection of one of the set of search properties;

generate a first operator tag in the search box, the first operator tag comprising (i) the selected search property, (ii) an operator drop-down menu, and (iii) a value region;

generate one or more joinable modifiers for the search box, each of the one or more joinable modifiers being selectable to qualify a value range for the value region of the first operator tag;

identify (i) a user selection of a specified operator in the operator drop-down menu, and (ii) an inputted value in the value region;

identify (i) a user input coupling a joinable modifier to the value region of the first operator tag, and (ii) one or more user inputs defining a value range in the coupled joinable modifier;

perform a search in one or more databases to satisfy each of the selected search property, the specified operator, the inputted value, and the defined value range of the coupled joinable modifier for the first operator tag;

monitor the one or more databases for live updates that satisfy each of the selected search property, the specified operator, the inputted value, and the defined value range for the first operator tag; and

based on performing the search and monitoring the one or more databases, (i) generate a live results feature for display on the search page, and (ii) update the live results feature dynamically to include the live updates.

2. The operator tag search system of claim 1, wherein the executed instructions cause the operator tag search system to generate the search property drop-down menu dynamically by updating the set of search properties in real time in response to each of the initial set of user inputs to provide a filtered subset of search properties.

3. The operator tag search system of claim 1, wherein the executed instructions further cause the operator tag search system to:

identify a second set of user inputs in the search box proximate to the first operator tag;

in response to receiving the second set of user inputs, generate a second search property drop-down menu comprising a second set of search properties;

identify a user selection of a second search property of the second set of search properties; and

in response to the user selection of the second search property, (i) update the search to satisfy the first operator tag and the second search property, (ii) update the live results feature on the search page to reflect the updated search, and (iii) generate a second operator tag in the search box proximate to the first operator tag, the second operator tag comprising the second search property, an operator drop-down menu, and a value region.

4. The operator tag search system of claim 3, wherein the executed instructions further cause the operator tag search system to:

in the second operator tag, identify a user selection of a specified operator in the operator drop-down menu and an inputted value in the value region;

update the search to satisfy the first operator tag and the second operator tag; and

update the live results feature on the search page to reflect the updated search satisfying the first operator tag and the second operator tag.

5. The operator tag search system of claim 4, wherein the executed instructions further cause the operator tag search system to:

monitor the one or more databases for a second set of live updates that satisfy the first operator tag and the second operator tag; and

update the live results feature dynamically to include the second set of live updates.

6. The operator tag search system of claim 1, wherein the executed instructions further cause the operator tag search system to:

identify additional user inputs in the search box selecting a plurality of search properties, and a corresponding operator and inputted value for each of the plurality of selected search properties;

generate a respective plurality of operator tags each combining a respective one of the plurality of search properties with the corresponding operator and inputted value for the respective search property;

update the search to satisfy each of the first operator tag and the respective plurality of operator tags; and

update the live results feature on the search page to reflect the updated search satisfying the first operator tag and the respective plurality of operator tags.

7. The operator tag search system of claim 6, wherein the executed instructions further cause the operator tag search system to:

monitor the one or more databases for a second set of live updates that satisfy the first operator tag and the respective plurality of operator tags; and

update the live results feature dynamically to include the second set of live updates.

8. The operator tag search system of claim 6, wherein the executed instructions cause the operator tag search system to generate the search property drop-down menu dynamically to further include a number of additional joinable modifiers for the search box, each of the additional joinable modifiers being selectable to (i) when not coupled to an operator tag in the search box, qualify one or more thresholds for the search as a whole, or (ii) when coupled to a particular operator tag in the search box, qualify one or more thresholds for the particular operator tag.

9. The operator tag search system of claim 8, wherein the executed instructions further cause the operator tag search system to:

identify (i) a user selection of a specified joinable modifier in the search property drop-down menu, and (ii) one or more user inputs defining one or more thresholds in the specified joinable modifier.

10. The operator tag search system of claim 9, wherein the executed instructions further cause the operator tag search system to:

update the search as a whole to satisfy the first operator tag, the respective plurality of operator tags, and the one or more thresholds defined in the specified joinable modifier; and

update the live results feature on the search page to reflect the updated search satisfying the first operator tag, the respective plurality of operator tags, and the one or more thresholds defined in the specified joinable modifier.

11. The operator tag search system of claim 9, wherein the executed instructions further cause the operator tag search system to:

identify a select-and-drag input on the specified joinable modifier, the select-and-drag input joining the specified joinable modifier to one of the respective plurality operator tags in the search box to generate a qualified operator tag;

set boundaries for the qualified operator tag based on the one or more thresholds defined in the specified joinable modifier;

narrow the updated search in the one or more databases to reflect the boundaries on the qualified operator tag; and

update the live results feature on the search page to reflect the narrowed and updated search.

12. The operator tag search system of claim 11, wherein the one or more thresholds defined in the specified joinable modifier define a date range, a time range, or a location radius for the qualified operator tag.

13. The operator tag search system of claim 6, wherein the executed instructions cause the operator tag search system to generate each of the first operator tag and the respective plurality of operator tags in the search box as a separate individual search filter object, and wherein the executed instructions cause the operator tag search system to update the search by interpreting gaps between each of the separate individual search filter objects as BOOLEAN “

AND”

operators.

14. The operator tag search system of claim 6, wherein the executed instructions further cause the operator tag search system to:

identify a hover-over input on a selected one of the first operator tag or one of the respective plurality of operator tags;

in response to identifying the hover-over input, display a tag close feature on a periphery of the selected operator tag;

identify a selection of the tag close feature to delete the selected operator tag from the search box;

expand the updated search to reflect deletion of the selected operator tag; and

update the live results feature on the search page based on the expanded and updated search.

15. The operator tag search system of claim 1, wherein the one or more databases comprise live driver data for a plurality of drivers in connection with a transportation service.

16. The operator tag search system of claim 15, wherein the live driver data comprises dynamic data for each of an availability status and a current driver rating for each of the plurality of drivers, and wherein each of the availability status and the current driver rating for each of the plurality of drivers are included as search properties in the set of properties displayed in the search property drop-down menu.

17. The operator tag search system of claim 15, wherein the executed instructions further cause the operator tag search system to:

monitor the one or more databases for specific updates to the live driver data that satisfies the first operator tag; and

dynamically update the live results feature on the search page to reflect the specific updates to the live driver data.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of an operator tag search system, cause the operator tag search system to:

generate a search page including a search box for display on a user device;

identify an initial set of user inputs in the search box;

in response to identifying the initial set of user inputs, generate a search property drop-down menu comprising a filtered set of search properties;

identify a selection of one of the filtered set of search properties;

generate a first operator tag in the search box, the first operator tag comprising (i) the selected search property, (ii) an operator drop-down menu, and (iii) a value region;

generate one or more joinable modifiers for the search box, each of the one or more joinable modifiers being selectable to qualify a value range for the value region of the first operator tag;

identify a user selection of a specified operator in the operator drop-down menu and an inputted value in the value region;

identify (i) a user input coupling a joinable modifier to the value region of the first operator tag, and (ii) one or more user inputs defining a value range in the coupled joinable modifier;

perform a search in one or more databases to satisfy each of the selected search property, the specified operator, the inputted value, and the defined value range of the coupled joinable modifier for the first operator tag;

monitor the one or more databases for live updates that satisfy each of the selected search property, the specified operator, the inputted value, and the defined value range for the first operator tag; and

based on performing the search and monitoring the one or more databases, (i) generate a live results feature for display on the search page and (ii) update the live results feature dynamically to include the live updates.

19. A computer-implemented method for enabling targeted searching in one or more databases, the method being performed by one or more processors of an operator tag search system and comprising:

generating a search page including a search box for display on a user device;

identifying an initial set of user inputs in the search box;

in response to identifying the initial set of user inputs, generating a search property drop-down menu comprising a filtered set of search properties;

identifying a selection of one of the filtered set of search properties;

generating a first operator tag in the search box, the first operator tag comprising (i) the selected search property, (ii) an operator drop-down menu, and (iii) a value region;

generating one or more joinable modifiers for the search box, each of the one or more joinable modifiers being selectable to qualify a value range for the value region of the first operator tag;

identifying a user selection of a specified operator in the operator drop-down menu and an inputted value in the value region;

identifying (i) a user input coupling a joinable modifier to the value region of the first operator tag, and (ii) one or more user inputs defining a value range in the coupled joinable modifier;

performing a search in the one or more databases to satisfy each of the selected search property, the specified operator, the inputted value, and the defined value range for the first operator tag;

monitoring the one or more databases for live updates that satisfy each of the selected search property, the specified operator, the inputted value, and the value range for the first operator tag; and

based on performing the search and monitoring the one or more databases, (i) generating a live results feature for display on the search page and (ii) update the live results feature dynamically to include the live updates.