COMPARATIVE WEB SEARCH SYSTEM

• US 20110137883A1
• Filed: 02/11/2011
• Published: 06/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Guozhu Dong, Hardik H. Lagad
• Original Assignee: Guozhu Dong, Hardik H. Lagad
• Inventors: Dong, Guozhu, Lagad, Hardik H.
• Granted Patent: US 8,606,800 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/707
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

A system and method for a comparative web search engines, search result summarization, web snippet processing, comparison analysis, information visualization, meta-clustering, and quantitative evaluation of web snippet quality are disclosed. The present application extends the capabilities of web searching and informational retrieval by providing a succinct comparative summary of search results at either the object or thematic levels.

Claims

1. An electronic search system for web-based search engines comprising:

a web-enabled user interface configured to provide a search mode and to display a first result set and a second result set; and

a processor configured to;

receive the search mode, wherein the search mode includes the following modes;

a comparison of the first and the second result set collected from same or different generic web search engines in response to two or more different queries,

a comparison of the first and the second result set collected from same or different generic web search engines in response to a common query performed at different points of time,

a comparison of the first and the second result set collected from different generic web search engines in response to a common query performed simultaneously,

a comparison of the first and the second result set collected from same or different generic web search engines in response to a common query performed in different languages,

a comparison of the first and the second result set collected from same or different generic web search engines in response to a common query where intra-domain similarity between results of the same set is 100% while inter-geographic origin similarity between result sets is zero,

a comparison of the first and the second result set collected from same or different generic web search engines in response to a common query where intra-geographic origin similarity between results of same set is 100% while inter-geographic origin similarity between result sets is zero, and

the first and the second result set retrieved from a generic web search engine in response to a query is segmented into bins of equi-distant and equi-weighted segments and the segments are compared to generate comparative summaries.

determine whether a quantitative or comparative search mode has been selected;

apply a meta-clustering tool configured to select keywords, form base clusters, enhance labels, form sub-clusters, and evaluate snippets;

apply a comparative tool configured to perform a thematic level comparison or an object level comparison, and a result set comparison; and

provide the result sets to the web-enabled user interface.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein one or more terms define a search mode.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the web-enabled user interface comprises a display with an input field configured to receive one or more terms that define a search query, or a selection of one or more generic web search engines to search, or a request for a number of results.