ON-DEMAND SEARCH RESULT DETAILS

• US 20100145934A1
• Filed: 12/08/2008
• Published: 06/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Mains, Richard Leigh, Wu Malahy, Evan Nicklas, Schurman, Eric Michael, Peterson, Kemp Crockett, Tran, Anthony, Naam, Ramez, Buckley, Jamie Paul, Lane, Mira
• Granted Patent: US 8,484,179 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

Search results and associated search-result details are provided in response to user queries. Embodiments include identifying a number of search-result details for different indexed search results, identifying one or more detail-attributes for each search-result detail, and identifying one or more user-attributes for a particular user. These search results, associated search-result details, and associated detail-attributes may be stored in a database. Upon receiving a search query from the user, search results may be generated. Search-result details specific to each search result and specific to the end-user may also be generated by identifying the detail-attributes associated with each search-result detail and the user-attributes associated with the end-user. These search results may then be presented to the end-user. Upon receiving an indication of interest in a particular search result, the search result details may then be presented to the end user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for providing search results and associated search-result details to a user, the method comprising:

receiving a search query from a user, the user being associated with at least one user-attribute;

generating a plurality of search results in response to the search query;

generating a search-result detail for at least one of the plurality of search results in response to the at least one user-attribute;

providing a portion of the plurality of search results for presentation to the user, the portion including the at least one of the plurality of search results;

receiving from the user an indication of interest, the indication of interest being associated with the at least one of the plurality of search results; and

providing the search-result detail for presentation to the user in response to the received indication of interest.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least one user-attribute comprises user-location information.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least one user-attribute comprises user search-history information.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least one user-attribute comprises a user-interest.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least one user-attribute comprises a type of user computing device.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the search-result detail comprises location information.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the search-result detail comprises a group of words extracted from the at least one of the plurality of search-results.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the manner in which the search-result detail is provided to the user for presentation is determined based on the received indication of interest.

9. One or more computer-storage media storing computer-useable instructions for causing a computing device to perform a method for providing search-result details to a user, the method comprising:

storing a plurality of search results in a database;

storing a plurality of search-result details in a database, each of the plurality of search-result details being associated with at least one of the plurality of search results, each of the plurality of search-result details being associated with at least one detail-attribute, at least one search result being associated with at least two of the plurality of search-result details;

receiving a search query from a user, the user being associated with at least one user-attribute;

identifying a portion of the plurality of search results based on the search query;

the portion including the at least one search result;

identifying the at least two of the plurality of search-result details associated with the at least one search result;

identifying at least one of the at least two search-result details based on comparing the at least one detail-attribute of each of the at least two search-result details with the at least one user-attribute;

communicating the at least one search result for presentation to the user;

communicating the at least one of the at least two search-result details to the user;

receiving a first indication of interest from the user, the first indication of interest being associated with the at least one search result; and

facilitating presentation of the at least one search-result detail to the user in response to the received first indication of interest.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the at least one search-result detail comprises product price information.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the user clicks in the vicinity of a search-result to generate the indication of interest.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the indication of interest is stored in a database.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein a second indication of interest is received from the user, the second indication of interest being associated with the at least one search-result detail.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the second indication of interest is stored in a database.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the second indication of interest is stored as a detail-attribute associated with the at least one search-result detail.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the search-result details comprise web sites that link to the computer document associated with one of the plurality of search results.

17. One or more computer-storage media storing computer-useable instructions for causing a computing device to perform a method for providing a search result and an associated search-result detail to a first user, the method comprising:

storing a search result in a database;

analyzing a computer document associated with the search result to determine that the computer document contains at least one search-result detail;

storing the at least one search-result detail in a database;

receiving a search query from the first user;

identifying the search result and the at least one search-result detail based on the search query;

communicating the search result for presentation to the first user;

receiving an indication of interest from the first user, the indication of interest being associated with the search result;

providing the at least one search-result detail for presentation to the first user.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the manner in which the at least one search-result detail is provided for presentation to the first user is determined based on the indication of interest received.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the manner of presentation of the search-result detail is determined based on the indication of interest received.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein it is determined that the computer document contains at least one search-result detail by examining the type of data comprising portions of the computer document.