WEB SEARCH SYSTEM WITH GROUP INTERACTION SUPPORT
First Claim
1. A web search system comprising:
- a communication interface supporting communication exchanges with a plurality of browsers of corresponding plurality of computing devices of a plurality of users;
storage that contains previous interaction data constructed based on previous interactions by the plurality of users via the plurality of browsers;
a web crawling infrastructure that gathers text data from a plurality of web pages hosted on an Internet;
a processing infrastructure that (i) supports a login process for the plurality of users, (ii) identifies a plurality of groups of users from the plurality of users, and (iii) receives a search request from a first user of a first group of the plurality of groups of users; and
the processing infrastructure responds to the search request by generating a tailored search results for the first user, the generation of the tailored search results involving reference by the processing infrastructure to particular portions of the previous interaction data, the particular portions corresponding to those parts of the previous interaction data originating from the first group of the plurality of groups of users.
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Abstract
An Internet infrastructure supports searching of web links to select search results by processing browser activity information along with one or more of favorite lists, and related metadata, user profiles, and trends based on browser activity behavior and favorite behavior. A plurality of web browsers located on client device are incorporated with a browser activity-monitoring module that tracks user'"'"'s Internet usage, processes this information, and sends this information periodically or upon user request to the server to aid in improving search operation results. The search engine server communicatively couples to the plurality of web browsers and supports delivery of search results/web links to the client device based upon a search string, browser activity information, and possibly the favorite lists and related metadata. The gathered browser activity information, favorite lists, and related metadata are stored in one or more server databases that are associated with the search engine server.
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30 Claims
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1. A web search system comprising:
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a communication interface supporting communication exchanges with a plurality of browsers of corresponding plurality of computing devices of a plurality of users; storage that contains previous interaction data constructed based on previous interactions by the plurality of users via the plurality of browsers; a web crawling infrastructure that gathers text data from a plurality of web pages hosted on an Internet; a processing infrastructure that (i) supports a login process for the plurality of users, (ii) identifies a plurality of groups of users from the plurality of users, and (iii) receives a search request from a first user of a first group of the plurality of groups of users; and the processing infrastructure responds to the search request by generating a tailored search results for the first user, the generation of the tailored search results involving reference by the processing infrastructure to particular portions of the previous interaction data, the particular portions corresponding to those parts of the previous interaction data originating from the first group of the plurality of groups of users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A web search system supporting a plurality of computing devices of a plurality of users via an Internet, the web search system comprising:
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a gathering infrastructure that gathers text data from a plurality of web pages hosted on the Internet; storage that contains previous interaction data constructed based on previous interactions by the plurality of users with a portion of the plurality of web pages via the plurality of computing devices; a processing infrastructure that (i) supports a login process for each of the plurality of users, (ii) identifies a first group of users from the plurality of users, and (iii) receives a search request from a first user of the first group of users via a first device of the plurality of computing devices; and the processing infrastructure responds to the search request by tailoring a search results for the first user, the tailoring involving a consideration of particular parts of the previous interaction data, the particular parts comprise those parts of the previous interaction data originating from the first group of users. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A web search system supporting a plurality of computing devices of corresponding plurality of users via an Internet, the plurality of users including a first user and a second user, the web search system comprising:
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a gathering infrastructure that retrieves text data from a plurality of web pages hosted on the Internet, the plurality of web pages including a first web page; at least one database that contains, for each of the plurality of users, user associated data gathered via each of the plurality of computing devices; a processing infrastructure that generates search results data for a first user of the plurality of users by considering those portions of the user associated data gathered from a first group of users of the plurality of users, the first group of users including both the first user and the second user, and the search results data including first information relating to user associated data gathered from the second user; and the processing infrastructure delivers the search results data to the first user via a first device of the plurality of computing devices, the search results data supporting a presentation on the first device of a visual identification of the first web page and in association therewith a visual element relating to the first information. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method performed by a web searching infrastructure to support a plurality of computing devices of corresponding plurality of users via an Internet, the plurality of users including a first user and a second user, the web search system comprising:
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gathering text data from a plurality of web pages hosted on the Internet, the plurality of web pages including a first web page; storing, for each of the plurality of users, user associated data gathered via each of the plurality of computing devices; generating search results data for a first user of the plurality of users by considering those portions of the user associated data gathered from a first group of users of the plurality of users, the first group of users including both the first user and the second user, and the search results data including first information relating to user associated data gathered from the second user; and delivering the search results data to the first user via a first device of the plurality of computing devices, the search results data supporting a presentation on the first device of a visual identification of the first web page and in association therewith a visual element relating to the first information. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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