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Blending by query classification on online social networks

  • US 10,528,635 B2
  • Filed: 07/19/2017
  • Issued: 01/07/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, from a client system of a user, a search query;

    identifying one or more objects that match the search query, each object having an object-type;

    determining one or more search intents of the search query, the determined search intents being based on one or more topics associated with the identified objects and a ratio of one or more object-types of the identified objects that match the search query;

    generating a plurality of search-result modules corresponding to the search query, the search-result modules being generated based on the determined search intents of the search query, each search-result module being associated with a particular object-type and comprising one or more search results, each search result comprising a reference to one of the identified objects having an object-type corresponding to the particular object-type of the respective search-result module; and

    sending, responsive to receiving the search query, instructions for presenting a blended search-results interface to the client system of the user, the blended search-results interface comprising a threshold number of the generated search-result modules, the generated search-result modules being displayed in a blended order, the ordering of each search-result module being based on the determined search intents of the search query and a distribution of the one or more topics and one or more object-types of the determined search intents with respect to the particular object-type associated with the search-result module.

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