PRODUCT REVIEW SEARCH
First Claim
1. A method for a product review search, implemented at least in part by a computing device, the method comprising:
- identifying user opinions by extracting passages that contain subjective opinions from web pages;
ranking the user opinions by incorporating sentiment orientations and sentiment topics; and
generating review snippets to indicate user sentiment orientations and to describe user opinions toward product features.
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Abstract
This disclosure describes various exemplary methods, computer program products, and user interfaces that provide results for a product review search with opinion snippets and opinion visual graphs. This disclosure describes identifying user opinions by extracting passages that contain subjective opinions from web pages; ranking the user opinions by incorporating sentiment orientations and sentiment topics, where the sentiment orientations are positive or negative; and generating review snippets to indicate user sentiment orientations and to describe user opinions toward product features. This disclosure improves a user product search experience from the following aspects: understanding the product review from snippets instead of browsing the web page; obtaining more information by reading reviews in a shorter time period; and obtaining overall opinions of users of the web through visualized opinion summarization.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for a product review search, implemented at least in part by a computing device, the method comprising:
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identifying user opinions by extracting passages that contain subjective opinions from web pages; ranking the user opinions by incorporating sentiment orientations and sentiment topics; and generating review snippets to indicate user sentiment orientations and to describe user opinions toward product features. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-readable instructions executable on a computing device, the computer-readable instructions comprising:
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receiving a query for a product review search; extracting sentences from a search result page to predict each sentence into a subjective category; extracting a word or a phrase that expresses an opinion from the sentences in the subjective category as final product features; extracting a word or a phrase that can express an opinion using machine learning techniques combined with dictionaries and web resources; and classifying sentiment orientations. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A user interface having computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform acts comprising:
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receiving a query for a product review search; generating opinion-based snippets by highlighting product features, positive comments, and negative comments; presenting a two dimensional polar graph to display variables with different quantitative scales, wherein the polar graph represents an opinion summary. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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