FILTERING SEARCH RESULTS USING SMART TAGS

• US 20150161206A1
• Filed: 12/05/2013
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Waltermann, Rod D., VanBlon, Russell Speight, Beaumont, Suzanne Marion, Knox, Jonathan Gaither, Wetsel, Peter Hamilton
• Granted Patent: US 11,048,736 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3334 Selection or weighting of terms from queries, including natural language queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/907 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results

Abstract

An aspect provides a method, including: receiving from a user, at an input device of an information handling device, user object search input including at least one search term; accessing, using a processor, tag information of a plurality of tags associated with stored user objects; determining, using a processor, at least one modification to the user object search input to change results produced by the user object search input based on the tag information; and providing search results according to the at least one modification. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving from a user, at an input device of an information handling device, user object search input including at least one search term;

accessing, using a processor, tag information of a plurality of tags associated with stored user objects;

determining, using a processor, at least one modification to the user object search input to change results produced by the user object search input based on the tag information; and

providing search results according to the at least one modification.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing an indication of the at least one modification to the user object search input; and

awaiting a further user input prior to providing search results according to the at least one modification.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the indication includes a preview of search results according to the user object search input and a preview of search results according to the at least one modification.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the tag information further comprises information regarding how two or more tags are related.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the at least one modification to the user object search input to change results produced by the user object search input comprises:

using a different tag associated with a search term to locate user objects;

wherein the different tag is associated with an initial tag associated with the at least one search term.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein:

the search input comprises two or more search terms joined by an operator; and

the at least one modification to the user object search input to change results produced by the user object search input comprises changing an operator joining two search terms based on information derived from the tag information.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the information derived from the tag information comprises relationship information relating tags associated with the two search terms joined by the operator.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the search results according to the at least one modification comprise search results selected from the group of search results consisting of:

search results that are broader than results produced by unmodified user object search input, and search results that are narrower than results produced by unmodified user object search input.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining at least one modification to the user object search input to change results produced by the user object search input further comprises predicting an interest of the user.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the predicting is based on a tagging profile associated with the user.

11. An information handling device, comprising:

a user input device;

a processor;

a memory device that stores instructions accessible to the processor, the instructions being executable by the processor to;

receive user object search input including at least one search term;

access tag information of a plurality of tags associated with stored user objects;

determine at least one modification to the user object search input to change results produced by the user object search input based on the tag information; and

provide search results according to the at least one modification.

12. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

provide an indication of the at least one modification to the user object search input; and

await a further user input prior to providing search results according to the at least one modification.

13. The information handling device of claim 12, wherein the indication includes a preview of search results according to the user object search input and a preview of search results according to the at least one modification.

14. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the tag information further comprises information regarding how two or more tags are related.

15. The information handling device of claim 14, wherein the at least one modification to the user object search input to change results produced by the user object search input comprises:

using a different tag associated with a search term to locate user objects;

wherein the different tag is associated with an initial tag associated with the at least one search term.

16. The information handling device of claim 14, wherein:

the search input comprises two or more search terms joined by an operator; and

the at least one modification to the user object search input to change results produced by the user object search input comprises changing an operator joining two search terms based on information derived from the tag information.

17. The information handling device of claim 16, wherein the information derived from the tag information comprises relationship information relating tags associated with the two search terms joined by the operator.

18. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the search results according to the at least one modification comprise search results selected from the group of search results consisting of:

search results that are broader than results produced by unmodified user object search input, and search results that are narrower than results produced by unmodified user object search input.

19. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein to determine at least one modification to the user object search input to change results produced by the user object search input further comprises predicting an interest of the user.

20. A product, comprising:

a storage device having code stored therewith, the code comprising;

code that receives from a user, at an input device of an information handling device, user object search input including at least one search term;

code that accesses, using a processor, tag information of a plurality of tags associated with stored user objects;

code that determines, using a processor, at least one modification to the user object search input to change results produced by the user object search input based on the tag information; and

code that provides search results according to the at least one modification.