Creating Vertical Search Engines for Individual Search Queries

• US 20110072045A1
• Filed: 09/23/2009
• Published: 03/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oath Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Drake, Theodore Clark
• Application Number:
  US12/565,077
• Publication Number:
  US 20110072045A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/770
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/953 Querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines

Abstract

In one embodiment, access a first search query received by a search engine; dynamically construct a list of network resources for the first search query, the list of network resources comprising one or more network resources that are relevant to the first search query, the list of network resources being determined based on analysis of a plurality of user-provided network resources; conduct a first search through the list of network resources using the first search query; and generate a first search result for the first search query based on a result of the first search.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

accessing, by one or more computer systems, a first search query received by a search engine;

dynamically constructing, by the one or more computer systems, a list of network resources for the first search query, the list of network resources comprising one or more network resources that are relevant to the first search query, the list of network resources being determined based on analysis of a plurality of user-provided network resources;

conducting, by the one or more computer systems, a first search through the list of network resources using the first search query; and

generating, by the one or more computer systems, a first search result for the first search query based on a result of the first search.

2. The method recited in claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of user-provided network resources is identified by a user and is associated with one or more meta-data provided by the user that describe the user-provided network resource.

3. The method recited in claim 2, wherein:

each of the list of network resources is a domain or a sub-domain; and

dynamically constructing the list of network resources comprises;

comparing the first search query with each of the plurality of user-provided network resources and its associated meta-data; and

for each of the plurality of user-provided network resources having associated meta-data relating to the first search query, including the domain or the sub-domain to which the user-provided network resource belongs in the list of network resources.

4. The method recited in claim 1, further comprising storing, by the one or more computer systems, the list of network resources.

5. The method recited in claim 4, further comprising providing, the one or more computer systems, an interface that enables a user to edit the list of network resources.

6. The method recited in claim 4, further comprising:

accessing, by the one or more computer systems, a second search query received by the search engine;

conducting, by the one or more computer systems, a second search through the list of network resources using the second search query; and

generating, by the one or more computer systems, a second search result for the second search query based on a result of the second search.

7. A system, comprising:

a memory comprising instructions executable by one or more processors; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory and operable to execute the instructions, the one or more processors being operable when executing the instructions to;

access a first search query received by a search engine;

dynamically construct a list of network resources for the first search query, the list of network resources comprising one or more network resources that are relevant to the first search query, the list of network resources being determined based on analysis of a plurality of user-provided network resources;

conduct a first search through the list of network resources using the first search query; and

generate a first search result for the first search query based on a result of the first search.

8. The system recited in claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of user-provided network resources is identified by a user and is associated with one or more meta-data provided by the user that describe the user-provided network resource.

9. The system recited in claim 8, wherein:

each of the list of network resources is a domain or a sub-domain; and

to dynamically construct the list of network resources comprises;

compare the first search query with each of the plurality of user-provided network resources and its associated meta-data; and

for each of the plurality of user-provided network resources having associated meta-data relating to the first search query, include the domain or the sub-domain to which the user-provided network resource belongs in the list of network resources.

10. The system recited in claim 7, wherein the one or more processors being further operable when executing the instructions to store the list of network resources.

11. The system recited in claim 10, wherein the one or more processors being further operable when executing the instructions to provide an interface that enables a user to edit the list of network resources.

12. The system recited in claim 10, wherein the one or more processors being further operable when executing the instructions to:

access a second search query received by the search engine;

conduct a second search through the list of network resources using the second search query; and

generate a second search result for the second search query based on a result of the second search.

13. One or more computer-readable storage media embodying software operable when executed by one or more computer systems to:

access a first search query received by a search engine;

dynamically construct a list of network resources for the first search query, the list of network resources comprising one or more network resources that are relevant to the first search query, the list of network resources being determined based on analysis of a plurality of user-provided network resources;

conduct a first search through the list of network resources using the first search query; and

generate a first search result for the first search query based on a result of the first search.

14. The media recited in claim 13, wherein each of the plurality of user-provided network resources is identified by a user and is associated with one or more meta-data provided by the user that describe the user-provided network resource.

15. The media recited in claim 14, wherein:

each of the list of network resources is a domain or a sub-domain; and

to dynamically construct the list of network resources comprises;

compare the first search query with each of the plurality of user-provided network resources and its associated meta-data; and

for each of the plurality of user-provided network resources having associated meta-data relating to the first search query, include the domain or the sub-domain to which the user-provided network resource belongs in the list of network resources.

16. The media recited in claim 13, wherein the software is further operable when executed by one or more computer systems to store the list of network resources.

17. The media recited in claim 16, wherein the software is further operable when executed by one or more computer systems to provide an interface that enables a user to edit the list of network resources.

18. The media recited in claim 16, wherein the software is further operable when executed by one or more computer systems to:

access a second search query received by the search engine;

conduct a second search through the list of network resources using the second search query; and

generate a second search result for the second search query based on a result of the second search.