METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INDEXING INFORMATION AND PROVIDING RESULTS FOR A SEARCH INCLUDING OBJECTS HAVING PREDETERMINED ATTRIBUTES

• US 20140195523A1
• Filed: 03/12/2014
• Published: 07/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Larsson, Daniel Mattias, Gelin, Jan Olof, Hegerty, Ian Douglas
• Granted Patent: US 10,210,222 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90 Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/94 Hypermedia Hyperlinking G06F40/134
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

A system and method for providing at least one search result responsive to receiving a search query comprising at least one search query term, includes receiving the search query; locating at least one record containing at least one search query term; displaying a text representation of each of the records containing at least one search query term; and displaying a representation of an object in relation with the text representation for each record that includes an object comprising at least one predetermined attribute. According to another embodiment of the invention, a method for indexing records in an index of an information network, includes the acts of: receiving a record; searching the record for an indication that an object comprising at least one specified attribute is to be displayed with the record; finding the indication; creating a representation of the object; storing the representation in association with the record to which it corresponds; and making an entry for the record in the index, said entry indicating the object to be displayed with the record.

Claims

1. A method, implemented on a machine having at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform connected to a network for providing a search result, comprising:

identifying, by the at least one processor, one or more records in response to a query received from a user;

identifying, from the one or more records, a record having an associated non-text element, wherein the non-text element has been created previously based on the record and stored in the storage;

retrieving the non-text element from the storage;

generating a search result that includes the non-text element and a link to the record; and

providing the search result to the user as a response to the query.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-text element was created previously based on one or more non-text elements in the record.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-text element was created previously based on one or more text elements in the record.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-text element is at least one of an audio element, a video element, and an image element.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-text element is an image element displayed as a thumbnail in the search result.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-text element is displayed below a relevant text element of the record.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-text element is displayed next to a relevant text element of the record.

8. A system having at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform connected to a network for providing a search result, wherein the at least one processor is configured for:

identifying, by the at least one processor, one or more records in response to a query received from a user;

identifying, from the one or more records, a record having an associated non-text element, wherein the non-text element has been created previously based on the record and stored in the storage;

retrieving the non-text element from the storage;

generating a search result that includes the non-text element and a link to the record; and

providing the search result to the user as a response to the query.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the non-text element was created previously based on one or more non-text elements in the record.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the non-text element was created previously based on one or more text elements in the record.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the non-text element is at least one of an audio element, a video element, and an image element.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the non-text element is an image element displayed as a thumbnail in the search result.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the non-text element is displayed below a relevant text element of the record.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the non-text element is displayed next to a relevant text element of the record.

15. A machine-readable tangible and non-transitory medium having information for providing a search result, wherein the information, when read by the machine, causes the machine to perform the following:

identifying, by the at least one processor, one or more records in response to a query received from a user;

identifying, from the one or more records, a record having an associated non-text element, wherein the non-text element has been created previously based on the record and stored in the storage;

retrieving the non-text element from the storage;

generating a search result that includes the non-text element and a link to the record; and

providing the search result to the user as a response to the query.

16. The medium of claim 15, wherein the non-text element was created previously based on one or more non-text elements in the record.

17. The medium of claim 15, wherein the non-text element was created previously based on one or more text elements in the record.

18. The medium of claim 15, wherein the non-text element is at least one of an audio element, a video element, and an image element.

19. The medium of claim 15, wherein the non-text element is an image element displayed as a thumbnail in the search result.

20. The medium of claim 15, wherein the non-text element is displayed next to a relevant text element of the record.