Method and system for providing recommended terms

• US 10,423,664 B2
• Filed: 02/17/2017
• Issued: 09/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Company Limited (Ant Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Liu, Yizhe
• Primary Examiner(s): Chbouki, Tarek
• Application Number:
  US15/436,633
• Publication Number:
  US 20170242933A1
• Time in Patent Office: 949 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3322 using system suggestions G06F16/3325 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90328 using search space presentation or visualization, e.g. category or range presentation and selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9038 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/242 Dictionaries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/284 Lexical analysis, e.g. tokenisation or collocates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0607 Regulated
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0625 Directed, with specific intent or strategy

Abstract

Embodiments of the present application relate to a method, a system, and a computer program product for providing recommended terms. A method for providing recommended terms is provided. The method includes determining a search query input by a user and an input time point when the search query was input, determining whether the input time point falls within a time range preset within a current time period, if the input time point falls within the time range preset within the current time period, determining whether the search query is present in a word bank preset for the time range, and if the search query is present in the word bank, providing the user with a special event recommended term preset for the time range.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a search query, the search query being obtained, from a user, at an input time point, via a search box of a first web page that is being displayed at a client device, wherein the input time point corresponds to a time at which the user submitted the search query, and wherein the search query includes one or more search terms;

determining that the input time point falls within a time range corresponding to a special event period, and in response,

determining whether a search term of the one or more search terms is found within a special event word bank; and

in response to a determination that the search term of the one or more search terms is found within the special event word bank;

displaying a second clickable link to a second web page on the first web page, wherein the second clickable link comprises information pertaining to a special event;

causing the second clickable link to the second web page to be displayed adjacent to the search box, at the client device; and

in response to a determination that the second clickable link is activated, causing the second web page to be opened.

2. The method as described in claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether a search term of the search query matches a preset search term; and

in response to a determination that the search term of the search query matches the preset search term, causing another recommended search term to be displayed in the search box.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the causing the second clickable link to be displayed comprises requires no adjustment to the first web page.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the second web page includes information relating to a result of the search query.

5. A system, comprising:

one or more processors configured to;

receive a search query, the search query being obtained, from a user, at an input time point, via a search box of a first web page that is being displayed at a client device, wherein the input time point corresponds to a time at which the user submitted the search query, and wherein the search query includes one or more search terms;

determine that the input time point falls within a time range corresponding to a special event period, and in response,

determine whether a search term of the one or more search terms is found within a special event word bank; and

in response to a determination that the search term of the one or more search terms is found within the special event word bank;

display a second clickable link to a second web page on the first web page, wherein the second clickable link to a second web page comprises information pertaining to a special event;

cause the second clickable link to the second web page to be displayed adjacent to the search box, at the client device; and

in response to a determination that the second clickable link is activated, cause the second web page to be opened; and

one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors, wherein the one or more memories are configured to provide the one or more processors with instructions.

6. The system as described in claim 5, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine whether a search term of the search query matches a preset search term; and

in response to a determination that the search term of the search query matches the preset search term, cause another recommended search term to be displayed in the search box.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein to cause the second clickable link to be displayed comprises requires no adjustment to the first web page.

8. The system of claim 5 wherein the second web page has information relating to a result of the search query.

9. A computer program product embodied in a tangible non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving a search query, the search query being obtained, from a user, at an input time point, via a search box of a first web page that is being displayed at a client device, wherein the input time point corresponds to a time at which the user submitted the search query, and wherein the search query includes one or more search terms;

determining that the input time point falls within a time range corresponding to a special event period, and in response,

determining whether a search term of the one or more search terms is found within a special event word bank; and

in response to a determination that the search term of the one or more search terms is found within the special event word bank;

displaying a second clickable link to a second web page on the first web page, wherein the second clickable link comprises information pertaining to a special event;

causing the second clickable link to the second web page to be displayed adjacent to the search box, at the client device; and

in response to a determination that the second clickable link is activated, causing the second web page to be opened.

10. The computer program product as described in claim 9, further comprising computer instructions for:

determining whether a search term of the search query matches a preset search term; and

in response to a determination that the search term of the search query matches the preset search term, causing another recommended search term to be displayed in the search box.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the causing the second clickable link to be displayed comprises requires no adjustment to the first web page.

12. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein the second web page has information relating to a result of the search query.

13. A method, comprising:

receiving a search query, the search query being obtained via a search box of a first web page that is being displayed at a client device;

determining that the search query is present in a word bank associated with a preset time range, wherein;

the word bank is generated using at least past search frequencies of unfinalized search queries;

the past search frequencies meet one or more preset criteria; and

the word bank includes a plurality of keywords corresponding to one or more special events during the preset time range;

obtaining a special event recommended term matching the search query, wherein the special event recommended term includes a clickable link to a second web page comprising information pertaining to a special event of the one or more special events;

causing the clickable link to the second web page to be displayed adjacent to the search box, at the client device; and

in response to a determination that the clickable link is activated, causing the second web page to be opened, the second web page having a first information relating to a first category and a second information relating to a second category, the first category being different from the second category.