Display of Boosted Slashtag Results

• US 20130246405A1
• 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, Peters, Keith, Saliba, Robert Michael, Sary, Al, Skrenta, Rich, Swartz, Dan, Truel, Robert N., Walters, Timothy
• Granted Patent: US 10,007,705 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/723
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

At least one key word is detect in a search query. Alternative search query is automatically generated based on the at least one key word. The alternative search query includes a search operator associated with the at least one key word. A first search result is generated based on the alternative search query and displayed in a web browser.

Claims

1. A method for processing content to be displayed, comprising

detecting at least one search operator in a search query;

detecting a boosting indicator associated with the at least one search operator;

in response to detecting the boosting indicator, generating a first search result that includes a boosted ranking of at least a subset a plurality of search result items in the search result; and

displaying the first search result in a web browser.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the subset of the plurality of search result items appear higher in rank in the generated search result.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the subset of the plurality of search result items are each associated with a boosted criteria.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the boosted criteria includes criteria associated with a collection of opinions or reviews within a community.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the community is a platform for sharing and commenting about shared content.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the community is a platform for determining shared content based on expert opinions.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the boosted ranking is determined by a boost formula.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the boost formula accentuates the relevance of the subset of the plurality of search result items.

9. The method of claim 3, wherein the boosted criteria includes at least one from a group consisting of popularity of a site, frequent hits to a site or document, frequently included in a search query, whether the site or document is fast stored.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the boosted criteria includes criteria associated with polling data at one or more social network sites.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the boosted ranking of at least a subset a plurality of search result items in the search result includes as weight factor associated with each of search result items in the subset.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a second search result, the second search result being generated without the boosted criteria; and

providing a link to select the second search result.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first search result and the second search result are displayed next to each other on the same web page.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein each result item of the first search result or second search result comprises a two-line format, wherein

the first line is dedicated to a page URL title that hyperlinks to the respective page URL;

and

the second line is dedicated to at least a subset of a group consisting of a website title, one or more content tags, one or more site tags, and an optional snippet.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more site tags include, displayed at a web browser, at least a subset of a group consisting of:

links, seo, rss, cache, source, ip, rank, hostrank, and adsense.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more site tags include a social network indicator to enable a user to indicate a preference of the respective search result item.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the search query further includes at least one other slashtag.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the boosting indicator associated with the at least one search operator includes a /history slashtag as the search operator, wherein the boosting indicator associated with the /history slashtag causes a boosted ranking of one or more websites viewed by a user in the past.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising storing content associated with a user'"'"'s viewing history with an encrypted key configured to be decrypted by an action by the user.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein being configured to be decrypted by an action by the user includes decrypting the encrypted content each time that the /history slashtag is used.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein being configured to be decrypted by an action by the user includes decrypting the encrypted content each time the user logs in.