Display of Dynamic Interference Graph Results

• US 20130246404A1
• Filed: 04/30/2013
• Published: 09/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: Blekko Incorporated (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: ANNAU, Thomas M., Lindahl, Gregory B., Makonnen, Samuel, Markson, Michael, Saliba, Robert Michael, Skrenta, Rich, Swartz, Dan, Truel, Robert N., Walters, Timothy, Peters, Keith, Sary, Al
• Granted Patent: US 9,864,805 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/723
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24534 Query rewriting; Transformation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2455 Query execution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24568 Data stream processing; Continuous queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3338 Query expansion
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90328 using search space presentation or visualization, e.g. category or range presentation and selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs

Abstract

A search engine system, including a slashtag server configured to detect at least a search operator in a search query, the search operator being associated with a category of content from a social network site. Also, a web server configured to, in response to detecting the search query, generate a first search result based on at least the category of content associated with the search operator, and display the first search result in a web browser.

Claims

1. A search engine system, comprising:

a slashtag server configured to detect at least a search operator in a search query, the search operator being associated with a category of content from a social network site; and

a web server configured to, in response to detecting the search query, generate a first search result based on at least the category of content associated with the search operator, and display the first search result in a web browser.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein a plurality of search result items are ranked based on criteria that includes at least the category of content associated with the search operator.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the category of content is polling data collected from a plurality of users associated with the social network site.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the search operator is a “

/likes”

slashtag.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the search operator is a “

/checkin”

slashtag.

6. A method for generating a search result to be displayed in a web browser, comprising

detecting at least a search operator in a search query, the search operator being associated with a category of content from a social network site;

in response to detecting the search query, generating a first search result based on at least the category of content associated with the search operator; and

displaying the first search result in the web browser.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein a plurality of search result items are ranked based on criteria that includes at least the category of content associated with the search operator.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the category of content is polling data collected from a plurality of users associated with the social network site.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the search operator is a “

/likes”

slashtag.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the search operator is a “

/checkin”

slashtag.