VISUAL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING SEARCH RESULT NAVIGATION
First Claim
1. A visual method for enhancing search result navigation, comprising:
- obtaining a first search result from a search engine;
clustering the first search result to get clustering information;
calculating the correlations between the clustering information and a ranked list of the first search result, and performing visualization processing on the clustering information; and
displaying the visual cluster hierarchy and the ranked list of the first search result in a joint manner based on the correlations.
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Abstract
A visual method for enhancing search result navigation, comprising: obtaining a first search result from a search engine; clustering the first search result to get clustering information; calculating the correlations between the clustering information and the ranked list of the first search result, and performing visualization processing on the clustering information; and displaying the visual cluster hierarchy and the ranked list of the first search result in a joint manner based on the correlations. When a cluster is selected, further searching is performed and the search result is clustered again. Using the present invention, through combining a traditional ranked list of search results and the visual cluster hierarchy of these search results to display them in a joint manner, a convenient way is provided for the web user to find the potential correlations between the visual cluster hierarchy and the ranked list of the search results. Besides, through dynamically searching and clustering more search results again, the web user may get more detailed and more accurate search results easily.
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22 Claims
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1. A visual method for enhancing search result navigation, comprising:
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obtaining a first search result from a search engine; clustering the first search result to get clustering information; calculating the correlations between the clustering information and a ranked list of the first search result, and performing visualization processing on the clustering information; and displaying the visual cluster hierarchy and the ranked list of the first search result in a joint manner based on the correlations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A visual apparatus for enhancing search result navigation, comprising:
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a dynamic cluster constructor configured to select search results coming from a search engine to get a first search result and dynamically cluster the first search result to generate clustering information; a correlation processor configured to calculate the correlations between the clustering information and the ranked list of the first search result; and a visualization engine configured to perform visualization processing on the clustering information to produce visual cluster hierarchy, and display the visual cluster hierarchy and the ranked list of the first search result on a browser in a joint manner based on the correlations. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A browser, comprising the visual apparatus for enhancing search result navigation comprising:
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a dynamic cluster constructor configured to select search results coming from a search engine to get a first search result and dynamically cluster the first search result to generate clustering information; a correlation processor configured to calculate the correlations between the clustering information and the ranked list of the first search result; and a visualization engine configured to perform visualization processing on the clustering information to produce visual cluster hierarchy, and display the visual cluster hierarchy and the ranked list of the first search result on a browser in a joint manner based on the correlations.
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21. A search engine, comprising the visual apparatus for enhancing search result navigation comprising:
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a dynamic cluster constructor configured to select search results coming from a search engine to get a first search result and dynamically cluster the first search result to generate clustering information; a correlation processor configured to calculate the correlations between the clustering information and the ranked list of the first search result; and a visualization engine configured to perform visualization processing on the clustering information to produce visual cluster hierarchy, and display the visual cluster hierarchy and the ranked list of the first search result on a browser in a joint manner based on the correlations.
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22. A program product, comprising:
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program codes and carrying media for carrying said program codes, for implementing a method comprising; obtaining a first search result from a search engine; clustering the first search result to get clustering information; calculating the correlations between the clustering information and a ranked list of the first search result, and performing visualization processing on the clustering information; and displaying the visual cluster hierarchy and the ranked list of the first search result in a joint manner based on the correlations.
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