Method and system for searching on internet

• US 20100088314A1
• Filed: 10/03/2009
• Published: 04/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shaobo Kuang
• Original Assignee: Shaobo Kuang
• Inventors: Kuang, Shaobo
• Application Number:
  US12/587,177
• Publication Number:
  US 20100088314A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/733
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

The present invention provides methods and systems for presenting users a search results with choices to display the results in a different sorting or ranking orders. The two or more sets of search results in a different sorting or ranking orders are displayed in the same page. The present invention provides methods and systems to assign truthiness scores to news, messages, or stories.

Claims

1. A method of searching information over Internet according to the present invention comprising:

under control of a client system,

entering a search query, and submit it; and

in response to said submit, sending the said search query to a search engine server system,

under control of a search engine server system,

receiving said search query request,

searching in database for results matching said search query,

generating at least one set of search results, ordered by search engine defined ranking or sorting,

determining the other possible ranking or sorting keys for the said search query,

returning said search results and the other possible ranking or sorting keys back to the client system,

under control of the client system,

displaying said search results and the other possible ranking or sorting keys for the said search query for users further selection.

2. A method of searching information over Internet of claim 1 further comprising:

determining possible sub-groups for the each said other possible ranking or sorting keys,

generating a summary for said each subgroup, which includes sub-group'"'"'s titles, number of the results in each sub-groups, or hot index of each sub-groups,

returning said results, said other possible ranking or sorting keys, and said summaries back to said client system,

under control of said client system,

displaying said results, said other possible ranking or sorting keys for said search query, and said summaries for user'"'"'s further selection or reference.

3. A method of searching information over Internet of claim 1 wherein;

in said generating step, generate two or more sets of search results, which are ordered by a different sorting or ranking;

in said displaying step, display two or more sets of search results in different columns or blocks in a single page.

4. A trueness scoring system according to the present invention includes:

storage unit for storing a ID, URL, trueness scores, and descriptions for each news, notices, messages, videos, or stories;

receiving unit for receiving trueness scores said news, notices, messages, videos, or stories, which are assigned by users from news sites, search engines, or social networks;

assigning unit for assigning said received trueness scores to corresponding said news, notices, messages, videos, or stories, and storing the truthiness scores in said storage unit;

time determining unit for determining a life time or period for each said news, notices, messages, videos, or stories;

trends analysis unit for analyzing the trends of average trueness scores per certain time of period for said news, notices, messages, videos, or stories;

finalization unit for, based on the trends analysis results, determining whether there is a final trueness scores, and if there is a final trueness scores, assigning a final trueness scores to said news, notices, messages, videos, or stories.

5. A trueness scoring system of claim 4,

wherein said trends analysis unit analyzes the trends of daily or hourly average trueness scores for each said news, notices, messages, videos, or stories.

6. A trueness scoring system of claim 5

wherein said finalization unit assigns a final low scores or zero score to a news, a notice, a message, or a story when the trends of the trueness scores for said news, notice, message or story change dramatically to lower by the end or just after the end of life time of said news, notice, message or story, and assigns a final high scores or full scores to a news, a notice, a message, or a story when the trends of the trueness scores for said news, notice, message or story change dramatically to higher by the end or just after the end of life time of said news, notice, message or story.

7. An instant matching method according to the present invention compromising:

under control of a hosting system, this hosts a program, activities or event,

a) receive calls from a plurality of users for joining said program, activity or event;

b) for each user, based on the user'"'"'s profile or the user'"'"'s requests, randomly pick or select a matched partner from said plurality of users;

c) switch said user to connect to said picked partner and maintain the connection between the user and the partner for their talking and chatting for a period of time;

d) after said period of time, repeat steps b) to d).

8. An instant matching method of claim 7 further compromising:

before said step a),

1) Send invitations to a plurality of users;

2) Receive requests from the users for requesting to join said program, activity or event;

3) Sending confirmation messages to the users, forwarding the information regarding call in numbers, and call in time period.