Method and system for real-time data searches

• US 20090259620A1
• Filed: 04/11/2008
• Published: 10/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Tapley, John, Farraro, Eric J., Ahene, Nii A., Jayaraman, Praveen K.
• Application Number:
  US12/082,565
• Publication Number:
  US 20090259620A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2477 Temporal data queries

Abstract

Methods and system for real-time data searches are described. In one embodiment, time period news data may be received from a media source. A topical attribute associated with the time period news data may be obtained. A search request for data from a target data source may be received. The search request may include request criterion. The search request may be processed using the request criterion and the topical attribute to obtain result data. The result data may be provided from the target data source.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving time period news data from a media source;

obtaining a topical attribute associated with the time period news data;

receiving a search request for data from a target data source, the search request including request criterion;

processing the search request using the request criterion and the topical attribute to obtain result data; and

providing the result data from the target data source.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing of the search request comprises:

conducting a search using the request criterion and the topical attribute.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing of the search request comprises:

processing the search request using the request criterion; and

altering the result data of the processing of the search request based on the topical attribute.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the altering of the result data comprises:

altering a ranking of a plurality of listings of the result data based on the topical term.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the altering of the result comprises:

distinguishing one or more listings of the result data based on the topical attribute.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the distinguishing of the one or more listings includes at least one of:

highlighting the topical attribute in the one or more listings,

providing an indicator in proximity to the one or more listings, or combinations thereof.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining of the topical attribute comprises:

receiving the topical attribute from an attribute provider.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining of the topical attribute comprises:

monitoring a number of user interactions associated with the time period news data; and

identifying the topical attribute responsive to the monitoring of the number of user interactions.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the user interactions include a click through, a review, a page view, a message request, or combinations thereof.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining of the topical attribute comprises:

obtaining a plurality of key terms associated with the time period news data; and

analyzing an occurrence frequency of the plurality of key terms to identify the topical attribute.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the obtaining of the plurality of key terms comprises:

providing the time period news data to a term parser; and

receiving the plurality of key terms associated with the time period news data from the term parser.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the obtaining of the plurality of key terms comprises:

parsing the time period news data to identify the plurality of key terms associated with the time period news data

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

correlating one or more related terms from the plurality of key terms, a particular related term of the plurality of key terms associated with at least one additional key term of the plurality of key terms,

wherein the analyzing of occurrence frequency of the plurality of key terms is based on the correlating of the one or more related terms to identify the topical attribute.

14. The method of claim 1 including identification of a plurality of topical attributes, further comprising:

selecting one or more popular topical attributes from the plurality of topical attributes,

wherein the processing of the search request is based on selection of the one or more popular topical attributes.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the time period news data comprises:

receiving the time period data in a particular category from the media source,

wherein the topical attribute is associated with the particular category.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the time period news data comprises:

receiving the time period news data from the media source through a data feed.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying headline news from the time period news data,

wherein the topical attribute is associated with the headline news.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a graphical representation of the topical attribute and one or more additional tropical attributes; and

associating a portion of the graphical representation with the search request for the topical attribute,

wherein the request criterion includes the topical attribute.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the time period news data includes real-time news data, a designated time period news data, historical news data, or combinations thereof.

20. A method comprising:

receiving time period news data from a media source;

obtaining a plurality of topical attributes associated with the time period news data;

providing a graphical representation of the plurality of topical attributes; and

associating a portion of the graphical representation with a listing of a representative item for a particular topical attribute of the plurality of topical attributes.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

searching for the listing of the representative item based on the particular topical attribute.

22. A machine-readable medium comprising instructions, which when implemented by one or more processors perform the following operations:

receiving time period news data from a media source;

obtain a topical attribute associated with the time period news data;

receive a search request for data from a target data source, the search request including request criterion;

process the search request using the request criterion and the topical attribute to obtain result data; and

provide the result data from the target data source.

23. The machine-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the one or more instructions to process the search request include:

conduct a search using the request criterion and the topical attribute.

24. The machine-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the one or more instructions to process the search request include:

process the search request for the request criterion; and

alter the result data of the processing of the search request based on the topical attribute.

25. A system comprising:

a real-time data receiver module to receive real-time news data from a media source;

a key term module to obtain a plurality of key terms associated with the real-time news data received from the real-time data receiver module;

an occurrence frequency analysis module to analyze an occurrence frequency of the plurality of key terms obtained from the key term module to identify a topical term;

a search request receiver module to receive a search request for an item based on a requested term;

a search request processing module to process the search request for the requested term based on the topical term obtained from the occurrence frequency analysis module; and

a result provider module to provide a result of one or more listings based on the processing of the search request by the search request processing module.