SEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING WEB SEARCH

• US 20150331948A1
• Filed: 04/21/2015
• Published: 11/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Arning, Andreas, Liesche, Stefan, Nauerz, Andreas, Prokoph, Andreas, Stober, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US14/691,644
• Publication Number:
  US 20150331948A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for managing web searching. The method includes one or more processors tracking user activity on the at least one website. The method further includes one or more processors analyzing the tracked user activity on the at least one website. The method further includes one or more processors generating a user profile based on the tracked user activity on the at least one website. The method further includes one or more processors mapping the generated user profile and corresponding user identity information between one or more of: a search service provider, an analytic service provider, and a provider of the at least one website. The method further includes one or more processors storing the generated user profile.

Claims

1. A method for managing web searching, the method comprising:

tracking, by one or more processors, user activity on the at least one website;

analyzing, by one or more processors, the tracked user activity on the at least one website;

generating, by one or more processors, a user profile based on the tracked user activity on the at least one website;

mapping, by one or more processors, the generated user profile and corresponding user identity information between one or more of;

a search service provider, an analytic service provider, and a provider of the at least one website; and

storing, by one or more processors, the generated user profile.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, a search query input by a first user, wherein the first user is associated with the generated user profile and the corresponding user identity information; and

optimizing, by one or more processors, search results that correspond to the received search query based on the generated user profile.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein analyzing the tracked user activity on the at least one website, further comprises:

creating, by one or more processors, user history information based on extracting user activity on the at least one website.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

monitoring, by one or more processors, search queries input by the first user; and

monitoring, by one or more processors, activity performed by the first user on search results returned in response to the monitored search queries.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

merging, by one or more processors, the monitored activity performed by the first user into the generated user profile.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein optimizing search results that correspond to the received search query based on the generated user profile, further comprises:

filtering, by one or more processors, the search results based on the generated user profile.

7. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

initiating, by one or more processors, display of the optimized search results that correspond to the received search query to the first user.

8. A computer program product for managing web searching, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to track user activity on the at least one website;

program instructions to analyze the tracked user activity on the at least one website;

program instructions to generate a user profile based on the tracked user activity on the at least one website;

program instructions to map the generated user profile and corresponding user identity information between one or more of;

a search service provider, an analytic service provider, and a provider of the at least one website; and

program instructions to store the generated user profile.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to:

receive a search query input by a first user, wherein the first user is associated with the generated user profile and the corresponding user identity information; and

optimize search results that correspond to the received search query based on the generated user profile.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the program instructions to analyze the tracked user activity on the at least one website further comprise program instructions to:

create user history information based on extracting user activity on the at least one website.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to:

monitor search queries input by the first user; and

monitor activity performed by the first user on search results returned in response to the monitored search queries.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to:

merge the monitored activity performed by the first user into the generated user profile.

13. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the program instructions to optimize search results that correspond to the received search query based on the generated user profile further comprise program instructions to:

filter the search results based on the generated user profile.

14. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to:

initiate display of the optimized search results that correspond to the received search query to the first user.

15. A computer system for managing web searching, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer readable storage media; and

program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to track user activity on the at least one website;

program instructions to analyze the tracked user activity on the at least one website;

program instructions to generate a user profile based on the tracked user activity on the at least one website;

program instructions to map the generated user profile and corresponding user identity information between one or more of;

a search service provider, an analytic service provider, and a provider of the at least one website; and

program instructions to store the generated user profile.

16. The computer system of claim 15, further comprising program instructions, stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, to:

receive a search query input by a first user, wherein the first user is associated with the generated user profile and the corresponding user identity information; and

optimize search results that correspond to the received search query based on the generated user profile.

17. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the program instructions to analyze the tracked user activity on the at least one website further comprise program instructions to:

create user history information based on extracting user activity on the at least one website.

18. The computer system of claim 16, further comprising program instructions, stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, to:

monitor search queries input by the first user; and

monitor activity performed by the first user on search results returned in response to the monitored search queries.

19. The computer system of claim 18, further comprising program instructions, stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, to:

merge the monitored activity performed by the first user into the generated user profile.

20. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the program instructions to optimize search results that correspond to the received search query based on the generated user profile further comprise program instructions to:

filter the search results based on the generated user profile.