Storing Accessible Histories of Search Results Reordered to Reflect User Interest in the Search Results

• US 20090119254A1
• Filed: 11/07/2007
• Published: 05/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Cross, Tiffany B., Sedota, Cheryl M., Seacat, Lisa A.
• Application Number:
  US11/936,565
• Publication Number:
  US 20090119254A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

Responsive to each user interaction of at least one user interaction with search results to separate network locations returned from a search request, the search results are reordered to reflect predicted user interest in the search results based on the user interactions. The reordered search results are stored. Responsive to a request for the stored reordered search results, the stored reordered search results are presented in a separate interface.

Claims

1. A method in a data processing system for ordering search results, comprising:

responsive to each user interaction of at least one user interaction with a plurality of search results to a plurality of separate network locations returned from a search request, reordering the plurality of search results to reflect a predicted user interest in the plurality of search results based on each user interaction;

storing the reordered plurality of search results; and

responsive to a request for the stored reordered plurality of search results, presenting said stored reordered plurality of search results in a separate interface

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein reordering the plurality of search results to reflect a predicted user interest in the plurality of search results based on each user interaction further comprises:

detecting a first amount of time of a first user interaction with a display interface comprising a first selection of the plurality of search results before detecting a second user interaction selecting a next selection of the plurality of search results;

detecting at least one common content element from the first selection of the plurality of search results; and

predicting user interest in the at least one common content element based on the first amount of time.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein storing the reordered plurality of search results further comprises:

storing the reordered plurality of search results in a database according to a particular search query term triggering an initial search query for said plurality of search results with a plurality of separate sets of search results each specified according to a separate search query term; and

updating a selectable list of the plurality of separate sets of search results designated by each separate query term with the particular search query term.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to the request for the stored reordered plurality of search results, filtering said stored reordered plurality of search results to only present a selection of said stored reordered plurality of search results previously accessed in the at least one user interaction.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to the request for the stored rendered plurality of search results, adjusting at least one graphical attribute of said stored reordered plurality of search results for presentation to reflect at least one characteristic of the at least one user interaction.

6. A system for ordering search results, comprising:

a search engine for determining a plurality of search results to a plurality of separate network locations for at least one search term;

a search result reorganizer, responsive to each user interaction of at least one user interaction with a plurality of search results to a plurality of separate network locations returned from a search request, for reordering the plurality of search results to reflect a predicted user interest in the plurality of search results based on each user interaction;

the search result reorganizer for storing the reordered plurality of search results; and

the search result reorganizer, responsive to a request for the stored reordered plurality of search results, for presenting said stored reordered plurality of search results in a separate interface

7. The system according to claim 6, the search result reorganizer further comprising:

a database for storing the reordered plurality of search results according to a particular search query term triggering an initial search query for said plurality of search results with a plurality of separate sets of search results each specified according to a separate search query term.

8. The system according to claim 6, the search result reorganizer further comprising:

a search result reporter, responsive to the request for the stored reordered plurality of search results, for filtering said stored reordered plurality of search results to only present a selection of said stored reordered plurality of search results previously accessed in the at least one user interaction.

9. The system according to claim 6, the search result reorganizer further comprising:

a search result reporter, responsive to the request for the stored rendered plurality of search results, for adjusting at least one graphical attribute of said stored reordered plurality of search results for presentation to reflect at least one characteristic of the at least one user interaction.

10. A program product comprising a storage-type computer-usable medium including a computer-readable program for ordering search results, wherein the computer-readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

responsive to each user interaction of at least one user interaction with a plurality of search results to a plurality of separate network locations returned from a search request, reorder the plurality of search results to reflect a predicted user interest in the plurality of search results based on each user interaction;

store the reordered plurality of search results; and

responsive to a request for the stored reordered plurality of search results, present said stored reordered plurality of search results in a separate interface

11. The program product according to claim 10, wherein the computer-readable program when executed on the computer further causes the computer to:

detect a first amount of time of a first user interaction with a display interface comprising a first selection of the plurality of search results before detecting a second user interaction selecting a next selection of the plurality of search results;

detect at least one common content element from the first selection of the plurality of search results; and

predict user interest in the at least one common content element based on the first amount of time.

12. The program product according to claim 10, wherein the computer-readable program when executed on the computer further causes the computer to:

store the reordered plurality of search results in a database according to a particular search query term triggering an initial search query for said plurality of search results with a plurality of separate sets of search results each specified according to a separate search query term; and

update a selectable list of the plurality of separate sets of search results designated by each separate query term with the particular search query term.

13. The program product according to claim 10, wherein the computer-readable program when executed on the computer further causes the computer to:

responsive to the request for the stored reordered plurality of search results, filter said stored reordered plurality of search results to only present a selection of said stored reordered plurality of search results previously accessed in the at least one user interaction.

14. The program product according to claim 10, wherein the computer-readable program when executed on the computer further causes the computer to:

responsive to the request for the stored rendered plurality of search results, adjust at least one graphical attribute of said stored reordered plurality of search results for presentation to reflect at least one characteristic of the at least one user interaction.