Client-Side Modification of Search Results Based on Social Network Data

• US 20120317109A1
• Filed: 06/13/2011
• Published: 12/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Richter, Michael Judd, Kelly, Matthew William, Haugen, Austin, Flores, E. Nair
• Granted Patent: US 9,342,605 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/734
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9536 Search customisation based on social or collaborative filtering

Abstract

In particular embodiments, a method comprising, accessing, at a client device, a set of search results in a structured document loaded into a client application, wherein the search results correspond to a search query of a first user, accessing a data store of social graph information to determine if one or more second users having an association with the first user have accessed any of the search results, and visually distinguishing, at the client device, in a user interface of the client application each of the one or more search results that have been accessed by one or more second users.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

accessing, at a client device, a set of search results in a structured document loaded into a client application, wherein the search results correspond to a search query of a first user;

accessing a data store of social graph information to determine if one or more second users having an association with the first user have accessed any of the search results; and

visually distinguishing, at the client device, in a user interface of the client application each of the one or more search results that have been accessed by one or more second users.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the search results that have been accessed by one or more second users are visually distinguished by one or more of color, size, highlighting, font, or other visual indication.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising re-ranking the set of search results according to a popularity ranking based on each of the one or more search results that have been accessed by one or more second users.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein for each of the one or more accessed search results, the popularity ranking is based on a number of times each of the one or more second users have generated an edge for the search result.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the edge comprises one or more of a number of times viewed, a number of times liked, or a number of times the search results was posted to the social networking system.

6. A system comprising:

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

the 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 set of search results in a structured document loaded into a client application, wherein the search results correspond to a search query of a first user;

access a data store of social graph information to determine if one or more second users having an association with the first user have accessed any of the search results; and

visually distinguish in a user interface of the client application each of the one or more search results that have been accessed by one or more second users.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the search results that have been accessed by one or more second users are visually distinguished by one or more of color, size, highlighting, font, or other visual indication.

8. The system of claim 6, further comprising re-ranking the set of search results according to a popularity ranking based on each of the one or more search results that have been accessed by one or more second users.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein for each of the one or more accessed search results, the popularity ranking is based on a number of times each of the one or more second users have generated an edge for the search result.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the edge comprises one or more of a number of times viewed, a number of times liked, or a number of times the search results was posted to the social networking system.

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

access a set of search results in a structured document loaded into a client application, wherein the search results correspond to a search query of a first user;

access a data store of social graph information to determine if one or more second users having an association with the first user have accessed any of the search results; and

visually distinguish in a user interface of the client application each of the one or more search results that have been accessed by one or more second users.

12. The media of claim 11, wherein the search results that have been accessed by one or more second users are visually distinguished by one or more of color, size, highlighting, font, or other visual indication.

13. The media of claim 11, further comprising re-ranking the set of search results according to a popularity ranking based on each of the one or more search results that have been accessed by one or more second users.

14. The media of claim 13, wherein for each of the one or more accessed search results, the popularity ranking is based on a number of times each of the one or more second users have generated an edge for the search result.

15. The media of claim 14, wherein the edge comprises one or more of a number of times viewed, a number of times liked, or a number of times the search results was posted to the social networking system.