ANCHORED SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS DISPLAY

• US 20080027935A1
• Filed: 07/27/2007
• Published: 01/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ashantiplc Limited
• Original Assignee: Ashantiplc Limited
• Inventors: Sarid, Sahar, Bhavnanie, Kishore
• Application Number:
  US11/829,771
• Publication Number:
  US 20080027935A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/6
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3329 Natural language query formulation or dialogue systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3344 using natural language analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/338 Presentation of query results

Abstract

A system and method dynamically present a portion of web content including a set of searched for keywords to a user. The system displays a set of search results to a user, wherein the set of search results are associated with at least one search keyword provided by the user, and wherein each search result in the set of search results is associated with a search target. The system then receives, from the user, a selection of one of the search results. The system then presents, in response to receiving the selection, the search target associated with the selected search result at a portion of the search target including the at least one search keyword.

Claims

1. A method, with an information processing system, for dynamically presenting a portion of web content including a set of searched for keywords to a user, the method comprising:

displaying a set of search results to a user, wherein the set of search results are associated with at least one search keyword provided by the user, and wherein each search result in the set of search results is associated with a search target;

receiving, from the user, a selection of one of the search results; and

presenting, in response to receiving the selection, a portion of the search target associated with the selected search result at a portion of the search target comprising the at least one search keyword.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

analyzing each search result in the set of search results; and

identifying, in response to the analyzing, at least one portion of the search target associated with each of the search results, respectively, that comprises the at least one search keyword.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining, in response to the identifying, that a plurality of portions of the search target include the at least one search term; and

presenting, in addition to the presented portion of the search target comprising the at least one search keyword, a set of links each link associated with an additional portion of the search target including the at least one search keyword.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving, from the user, a selection of a link in the set of links; and

presenting, in response to the receiving, the additional portion of the search target associated with the link to the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the search target comprises at least one of:

a title of a web page;

a description of a web page;

a summary of a web page;

a web page; and

a website.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a size of the portion of the search target that is displayed to a user is predefined by the user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a size of the portion of the search target that is displayed to a user is based on a resolution of the user'"'"'s display.

8. An information processing system for presenting search results to a user, the information processing system comprising:

a processor;

memory, communicatively coupled with the processor;

a user interface, communicatively coupled with the processor and memory; and

a search engine;

communicatively coupled with the processor and the user interface, adapted to;

displaying a set of search results to a user, wherein the set of search results are associated with at least one search keyword provided by the user, and wherein each search result in the set of search results is associated with a search target;

receiving, from the user, a selection of one of the search results; and

presenting, in response to receiving the selection, a portion of the search target associated with the selected search result and wherein the portion of the search target comprises the at least one search keyword.

9. The information processing system of claim 8, wherein the search engine is further adapted to:

analyzing each search result in the set of search results; and

identifying, in response to the analyzing, at least one portion of the search target associated with each of the search results, respectively, that comprises the at least one search keyword.

10. The information processing system of claim 9, wherein the search engine is further adapted to:

determining, in response to the identifying, that a plurality of portions of the search target include the at least one search term; and

presenting to a user, in addition to presenting the portion of the search target comprising the at least one search keyword, a set of links each link associated with an additional portion of the search target including the at least one search keyword.

11. The information processing system of claim 10, wherein the search engine is further adapted to:

receiving, from the user, a selection of a link in the set of links; and

presenting to the user, in response to the receiving, the additional portion of the search target associated with the link to the user.

12. The information processing system of claim 8, wherein the presenting comprises:

displaying, in response to receiving the selection, a portion of the search target associated with the selected search result and wherein the portion of the search target comprises the at least one search keyword.

13. The information processing system of claim 12, wherein a size of the portion of the search target that is displayed is based on a resolution of a user'"'"'s display.

14. The information processing system of claim 8, wherein a size of the portion of the search target that is presented is predefined by a user of the information processing system.

15. A search server for displaying web content search results to users, the web search server comprising:

a network interface for communicatively coupling the web search server via a network with users;

a processor;

memory;

a user display interface for displaying web content search results to the users; and

a web search engine, communicatively coupled with the network interface, the processor, the memory, and the user display interface, the web search engine being adapted to;

displaying a set of search results to at least one user, wherein the set of search results are associated with at least one search keyword provided by the at least one user, and wherein each search result in the set of search results is associated with a search target;

receiving, from the at least one user, a selection of one of the search results; and

displaying, in response to receiving the selection, a portion of the search target associated with the selected search result, wherein the displayed portion comprises the at least one search keyword.

16. The search server of claim 15, wherein the search engine is further adapted to:

analyzing each search result in the set of search results; and

displaying, in response to the analyzing, at least one portion of the search target associated with each of the search results, respectively, that comprises the at least one search keyword.

17. The search server of claim 15, wherein the search engine is further adapted to:

determining, in response to the identifying, that a plurality of portions of the search target include the at least one search term; and

displaying, in addition to displaying the portion of the search target comprising the at least one search keyword, a set of links each link associated with an additional portion of the search target including the at least one search keyword.

18. The search server of claim 17, wherein the search engine is further adapted to:

receiving, from the at least one user, a selection of a link in the set of links; and

displaying to the at least one user, in response to the receiving, the additional portion of the search target associated with the link.

19. The search server of claim 15, wherein a size of the portion of the search target that is displayed is based on a resolution of a display of the at least one user.