APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SEARCH RESULTS WITH CONFIGURABLE COLUMNS AND TEXTUAL SUMMARY LENGTHS

• US 20090241018A1
• Filed: 07/24/2008
• Published: 09/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cuil Incorporated
• Inventors: Costello, Tomas, Lau, Edward
• Application Number:
  US12/179,478
• Publication Number:
  US 20090241018A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/227
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0256 User search

Abstract

A graphical user interface includes configurable parameters to format search results. The configurable parameters include configurable parameters to specify column configuration and textual summary length.

Claims

1. A graphical user interface, comprising:

configurable parameters to format search results, wherein the configurable parameters include configurable parameters to specify column configuration and textual summary length.

2. The graphical user interface of claim 1 wherein the column configuration is configured in response to the quantity of search results.

3. The graphical user interface of claim 1 wherein the textual summary length is configured in response to the quantity of search results.

4. The graphical user interface of claim 1 wherein the column configuration is configured based upon the type of browser.

5. The graphical user interface of claim 1 wherein the textual summary length is configured based upon the type of browser.

6. The graphical user interface of claim 1 wherein the column configuration is configured based upon browser window size.

7. The graphical user interface of claim 1 wherein the textual summary length is configured based upon browser window size.

8. The graphical user interface of claim 1 wherein the textual summary length is specified by a user.

9. The graphical user interface of claim 1 wherein the amount of text displayed is based upon the column configuration.

10. The graphical user interface of claim 1 wherein the amount of text displayed is based upon the textual summary length.

11. The graphical user interface of claim 1 wherein the column configuration is selectable by a user.