GENERATION OF VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS FOR ELECTRONIC CONTENT ITEMS
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1. A method of generating a visual representation of a content item, comprising,receiving a content item;
- if a preview image is available for the content item, presenting the available preview image in a user interface as a visual representation of the content item; and
if a preview image is not available for the content item, dynamically generating one or more preview images for the content item, and presenting the dynamically generated one or more preview images in a user interface as a visual representation of the content item.
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Abstract
Generation and presentation of visual representations of search results may be provided. In response to any type of search for which one or more content or information items are returned, a preview image is obtained or generated and displayed in a graphical user interface for allowing a user to preview documents or other information items returned for the search query. The displayed preview image may be a selectable object such that selection of the displayed preview image allows the user to navigate to or launch the content item, for example, a searched document, corresponding to the preview image.
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1. A method of generating a visual representation of a content item, comprising,
receiving a content item; -
if a preview image is available for the content item, presenting the available preview image in a user interface as a visual representation of the content item; and if a preview image is not available for the content item, dynamically generating one or more preview images for the content item, and presenting the dynamically generated one or more preview images in a user interface as a visual representation of the content item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of generating a visual representation of a search result, comprising,
receiving a search result content item; -
identifying one or more components of the content item as preview image candidates that may be included in a generated preview image; ranking the preview image candidates according to one or more ranking variables; selecting a highest ranked preview image candidate; generating the preview image for the content item from the highest ranked preview image candidate; and presenting the generated preview image in a user interface as a visual representation of the content item. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for generating a visual representation of a search result, comprising:
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one or more processors; and a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more processors operable to; receive a search result content item; select a preview image source for identifying and obtaining one or more components of the content item as preview image candidates that may be included in a preview image for the content item; rank the preview image candidates according to one or more ranking variables; weight each of the one or more ranking variables so that a given ranking variable may be weighted more than another ranking variable in determining whether a given preview image candidate may be included in the generated preview image; select a highest ranked preview image candidate for inclusion in the generated preview image; generate a preview image for the content item using the selected highest ranked preview image candidate for the preview image; and present the generated preview image in a user interface as a visual representation of the content item.
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