METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE SMART TAGGING OF SEARCH INPUT

• US 20130262463A1
• Filed: 12/21/2012
• Published: 10/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Chittar, Naren, Kaushal, Govind, Sheeley, John, Dandekar, Jai, Koppaka, Bhanu, Maclaurin, Matthew Bret
• Application Number:
  US13/725,275
• Publication Number:
  US 20130262463A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/736
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/284 Relational databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3322 using system suggestions G06F16/3325 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

Method and system to provide smart tagging of search input are described. In one example embodiment, as a user types search terms or keywords into a search box, a computer-implemented system for smart tagging links one or more keywords presented in the search box with an additional presentation. The additional presentation may include a hover window containing additional information associated with the keyword.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one processor coupled to a memory;

a marketplace module to maintain a plurality of item listings, each item listing from the plurality of item listings comprising one or more attributes;

a linked attribute module to link a search term with an attribute of an item listing from the plurality of item listings;

a search request detector to detect, using the at least one processor, a search request comprising a search term, the search request directed to a network-based marketplace system;

an interrogator to determine, using the at least one processor, whether the search term is linked to the attribute; and

a tagging module to link, using the at least one processor, the search term with an additional presentation, the additional presentation comprising additional information related to one or more listings from the plurality of listings, in response to determining that the search term is linked to the attribute.

2. The system of claim 1, the attribute is linked to one or more of:

another search term, another attribute from the one or more listings, a web link, and a visual control, the visual control being an actionable user interface element.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the additional presentation comprises a save visual control, the save visual control being a user interface element actionable to generate an association between two terms from the search request and to save the association in a profile of a user associated with the search request.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the additional presentation comprises a hover window.

5. The system of claim 1, comprising an additional presentation module to, using at least one processor:

detect a hover event associated with the search term; and

present, on a display device, a hover window associated with the search term.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the hover window comprises a list of additional search terms, the additional search terms being from a category associated with the keyword.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the hover window comprises one or more images associated with the keyword.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the hover window comprises a link to a web page associated with the keyword.

9. The system of claim 5, wherein the hover window is overlayed over a presentation of search results provided in response to the search request.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the interrogator is to determine whether a further search term is associated with additional information; and

the tagging module is to link the further search term with further additional presentation.

11. A method comprising:

in a network-based marketplace system, maintaining a plurality of item listings, each item listing from the plurality of item listings comprising one or more attributes;

linking a search term with an attribute of an item listing from the plurality of item listings;

receiving, using at least one processor, a search request comprising a search term, the search request directed to the network-based marketplace system;

determining that the search term is linked to the attribute; and

in response to the determining that the search term is linked to the attribute, linking the search term with an additional presentation, the additional presentation comprising additional information related to one or more listings from the plurality of listings.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the attribute is linked to one or more of:

another search term, another attribute from the one or more listings, a web link, and a visual control, the visual control being an actionable user interface element.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the additional presentation comprises a save visual control, the save visual control being a user interface element actionable to generate an association between two terms from the search request and to save the association in a profile of a user associated with the search request.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the additional presentation comprises a hover window.

15. The method of claim 11, comprising:

detecting a hover event associated with the search term; and

presenting, on a display device, the a hover window associated with the search term.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the hover window comprises a list of additional search terms, the additional search terms being from a category associated with the keyword.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the hover window comprises one or more images associated with the keyword.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the hover window comprises a link to a web page associated with the keyword.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the hover window is overlayed over a presentation of search results provided in response to the search request.

20. A machine-readable non-transitory storage medium having instruction data to cause a machine to:

maintain a plurality of item listings, each item listing from the plurality of item listings comprising one or more attributes;

link a search term with an attribute of an item listing from the plurality of item listings;

detect a search request comprising a search term, the search request directed to a network-based marketplace system;

determine whether the search term is linked to the attribute; and

link the search term with an additional presentation, the additional presentation comprising additional information related to one or more listings from the plurality of listings, in response to determining that the search term is linked to the attribute.