ENRICHING WEB RESOURCES

• US 20120117049A1
• Filed: 01/13/2012
• Published: 05/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Zhou, Xin
• Granted Patent: US 9,146,992 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/706
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for enriching web resources In one aspect, a method includes: sending a request for a web resource to a web server, receiving the requested document from the web server, sending an identifier of the received web resource to a search engine server, retrieving from a cached storage of the search engine server one or more trigger terms associated with the web resource, extracting the parametric values of each trigger term associated with the web resource, modifying the web resource by embedding an answer box gadget for each trigger term in the web resource using the parametric values of the each trigger term, and rendering the modified web resource in the requesting client device.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more computers; and

a computer-readable medium coupled to the one or more computers having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising;

determining, by a client device, that a web resource includes a trigger term, wherein the trigger term is a term that causes a search engine to generate an answer box;

generating, by the client device, a modified version of the web resource, wherein the modified version of the web resource includes an answer box gadget in association with the trigger term;

obtaining, by the client device, current information associated with the trigger term;

determining, by the client device, that the user has selected the answer box gadget; and

responsive to determining that the user has selected the answer box gadget, providing, by the client device, the current information for output.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

providing the modified version of the web resource for display.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein obtaining a parametric value associated with the trigger term further comprises:

executing a search query using the trigger term as a query term; and

obtaining, as the current information, one or more search results of the search query.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein obtaining current information associated with the trigger term further comprises obtaining the current information associated with the trigger term responsive to determining that the user has selected the answer box gadget.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the modified version of the web resource includes the answer box gadget and the current information in association with the trigger term.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein providing the current information for output further comprises launching a media player application that plays a source that is identified by the current information.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein providing the current information for output further comprises generating a pop-up window that displays the current information.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein detecting that the user has selected the answer box gadget further comprises detecting that the user has selected a hyperlink associated with the trigger term, that the user has selected an icon that is displayed adjacent to the trigger term, or that a mouse event has occurred in connection with the trigger term.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein determining that the web resource includes a trigger term further comprises:

automatically parsing the web resource into candidate trigger terms; and

comparing the candidate trigger terms to a list of known trigger terms.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein determining that the web resource includes a trigger term further comprises determining that the web resource includes a category trigger term associated with a particular category of answer box.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein determining that the web resource includes a trigger term further comprises determining that the web resource includes a parameter trigger term associated with a particular name or location that triggers the search engine to generate an answer box.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein:

determining that the web resource includes a trigger term further comprises determining that the web resource includes a name of a business; and

obtaining current information associated with the trigger term further comprises determining a current stock price associated with the business.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein:

determining that the web resource includes a trigger term further comprises determining that the web resource identifies a location; and

obtaining current information associated with the trigger term further comprises obtaining a map of the location, or current time or current weather information associated with the location.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein determining that the web resource includes a trigger term further comprises:

determining that the web resource includes two or more trigger terms, and selecting, as the trigger term, one of the two or more trigger terms.

15. A computer-implemented method comprising:

determining, by a client device, that a web resource includes a trigger term, wherein the trigger term is a term that causes a search engine to generate an answer box;

generating, by the client device, a modified version of the web resource, wherein the modified version of the web resource includes an answer box gadget in association with the trigger term;

obtaining, by the client device, current information associated with the trigger term;

determining, by the client device, that the user has selected the answer box gadget; and

responsive to determining that the user has selected the answer box gadget, providing, by the client device, the current information for output.

16. The method of claim 15, comprising:

providing the modified version of the web resource for display.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein obtaining a parametric value associated with the trigger term further comprises:

executing a search query using the trigger term as a query term; and

obtaining, as the current information, one or more search results of the search query.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein obtaining current information associated with the trigger term further comprises obtaining the current information associated with the trigger term responsive to determining that the user has selected the answer box gadget.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the modified version of the web resource includes the answer box gadget and the current information in association with the trigger term.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein providing the current information for output further comprises launching a media player application that plays a source that is identified by the current information.

21. The method of claim 15, wherein providing the current information for output further comprises generating a pop-up window that displays the current information.

22. The method of claim 15, wherein detecting that the user has selected the answer box gadget further comprises detecting that the user has selected a hyperlink associated with the trigger term, that the user has selected an icon that is displayed adjacent to the trigger term, or that a mouse event has occurred in connection with the trigger term.

23. The method of claim 15, wherein determining that the web resource includes a trigger term further comprises:

automatically parsing the web resource into candidate trigger terms; and

comparing the candidate trigger terms to a list of known trigger terms.

24. The method of claim 15, wherein determining that the web resource includes a trigger term further comprises determining that the web resource includes a category trigger term associated with a particular category of answer box.

25. The method of claim 15, wherein determining that the web resource includes a trigger term further comprises determining that the web resource includes a parameter trigger term associated with a particular name or location that triggers the search engine to generate an answer box.

26. The method of claim 15, wherein:

determining that the web resource includes a trigger term further comprises determining that the web resource includes a name of a business; and

obtaining current information associated with the trigger term further comprises determining a current stock price associated with the business.

27. The method of claim 15, wherein:

determining that the web resource includes a trigger term further comprises determining that the web resource identifies a location; and

obtaining current information associated with the trigger term further comprises obtaining a map of the location, or current time or current weather information associated with the location.

28. The method of claim 15, wherein determining that the web resource includes a trigger term further comprises:

determining that the web resource includes two or more trigger terms, and selecting, as the trigger term, one of the two or more trigger terms.

29. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

determining, by a client device, that a web resource includes a trigger term, wherein the trigger term is a term that causes a search engine to generate an answer box;

generating, by the client device, a modified version of the web resource, wherein the modified version of the web resource includes an answer box gadget in association with the trigger term;

obtaining, by the client device, current information associated with the trigger term;

determining, by the client device, that the user has selected the answer box gadget; and

responsive to determining that the user has selected the answer box gadget, providing, by the client device, the current information for output.

30. The medium of claim 29, wherein the operations further comprise:

providing the modified version of the web resource for display.

31. The medium of claim 29, wherein obtaining a parametric value associated with the trigger term further comprises:

executing a search query using the trigger term as a query term; and

obtaining, as the current information, one or more search results of the search query.

32. The medium of claim 29, wherein obtaining current information associated with the trigger term further comprises obtaining the current information associated with the trigger term responsive to determining that the user has selected the answer box gadget.

33. The medium of claim 29, wherein the modified version of the web resource includes the answer box gadget and the current information in association with the trigger term.

34. The medium of claim 29, wherein providing the current information for output further comprises launching a media player application that plays a source that is identified by the current information.

35. The medium of claim 29, wherein providing the current information for output further comprises generating a pop-up window that displays the current information.

36. The medium of claim 29, wherein detecting that the user has selected the answer box gadget further comprises detecting that the user has selected a hyperlink associated with the trigger term, that the user has selected an icon that is displayed adjacent to the trigger term, or that a mouse event has occurred in connection with the trigger term.

37. The medium of claim 29, wherein determining that the web resource includes a trigger term further comprises:

automatically parsing the web resource into candidate trigger terms; and

comparing the candidate trigger terms to a list of known trigger terms.

38. The medium of claim 29, wherein determining that the web resource includes a trigger term further comprises determining that the web resource includes a category trigger term associated with a particular category of answer box.

39. The medium of claim 29, wherein determining that the web resource includes a trigger term further comprises determining that the web resource includes a parameter trigger term associated with a particular name or location that triggers the search engine to generate an answer box.

40. The medium of claim 29, wherein:

determining that the web resource includes a trigger term further comprises determining that the web resource includes a name of a business; and

obtaining current information associated with the trigger term further comprises determining a current stock price associated with the business.

41. The medium of claim 29, wherein:

determining that the web resource includes a trigger term further comprises determining that the web resource identifies a location; and

obtaining current information associated with the trigger term further comprises obtaining a map of the location, or current time or current weather information associated with the location.

42. The medium of claim 29, wherein determining that the web resource includes a trigger term further comprises:

determining that the web resource includes two or more trigger terms, and selecting, as the trigger term, one of the two or more trigger terms.