INTERACTIVE SEARCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS

• US 20150339385A1
• Filed: 12/10/2014
• Published: 11/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd (Baidu Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd (Baidu Incorporated)
• Inventors: Wan, Wei, Zhao, Shiqi, Li, Tingting, Sun, Liansheng, Zhou, Xiangyang
• Application Number:
  US14/566,392
• Publication Number:
  US 20150339385A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• 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

Abstract

An interactive searching method and an interactive searching apparatus are provided. The interactive searching method includes following steps. A first query is obtained by a search engine, and a first parsing result of the first query is obtained by the search engine and a first search result associated with the first query is obtained according to the first parsing result and is returned by the search engine.

Claims

1. An interactive searching method, comprising:

obtaining by a search engine a first query;

obtaining by the search engine a first parsing result of the first query; and

obtaining a first search result associated with the first query according to the first parsing result and returning the first search result by the search engine.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

generating a second query according to the first parsing result;

obtaining a second parsing result of the second query; and

obtaining a second search result associated with the second query according to the second parsing result and returning the second search result.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein obtaining by the search engine a first parsing result of the first query comprises:

performing at least one of a type identification, a semantic analysis, a synonymous rewrite, an interactive clarification and an information completion on the first query; and

obtaining a second parsing result of the second query comprises;

performing at least one of the type identification, the semantic analysis, the synonymous rewrite, a anaphora resolution, the interactive clarification and the information completion on the second query.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein generating a second query according to the first parsing result comprises:

if the search result satisfies a predetermined condition, obtaining an interactive question and returning the interactive question, obtaining interactive information and generating the second query according to the interactive information.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising establishing a knowledge base comprising an entity knowledge base, a general requirement knowledge base and a FAQ knowledge base.

6. An interactive searching method, comprising:

receiving by a search engine a first query;

obtaining by the search engine a first search result associated with the first query; and

generating a first feedback data configured to display the first search result associated with the first query and an interactive region in a search result webpage, if the search engine determines that the first query belongs to a predetermined type.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein

the first feedback data is configured to display the first search result associated with the first query and the interactive region in a second displaying part in the search result webpage and to display the first search result associated with the first query in a first displaying part in the search result webpage.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein obtaining by the search engine a first search result associated the first query comprises:

obtaining by the search engine a first parsing result of the first query and obtaining by the search engine the first search result associated with the first query according to the first parsing result.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

generating by the search engine a second query according to the first parsing result;

obtaining by the search engine a second parsing result of the second query; and

obtaining by the search engine a second search result associated with the second query according to the second parsing result and returning the second search result.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein

obtaining by the search engine a first parsing result of the first query comprises:

performing by the search engine at least one of a type identification, a semantic analysis, a synonymous rewrite, an interactive clarification and an information completion on the first query to obtain the first parsing result; and

obtaining by the search engine a second parsing result of the second query comprises;

performing by the search engine at least one of the type identification, the semantic analysis, the synonymous rewrite, an anaphora resolution, the interactive clarification and the information completion on the second query to obtain the first parsing result.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein generating by the search engine a second query according to the first parsing result comprises:

obtaining an interactive question displayed in the second displaying part, obtaining interactive information via the interactive region and generating the second query by the search engine according to the interactive information, if the first search result satisfies a predetermined condition.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein obtaining an interactive question comprises:

obtaining attribute information of the first search result, calculating at least one of a coverage degree and a division degree of the attribute information on the first search result to obtain a calculation result and obtaining the interactive question according to the calculation result, if the number of the first search result is larger than a predetermined threshold.

13. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

establishing a knowledge base comprising an entity knowledge base, a general requirement knowledge base and a FAQ knowledge base.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein obtaining by the search engine the first search result associated with the first query according to the first parsing result comprises:

querying the knowledge base according to the first parsing result to obtain the first search result associated with the first query; and

obtaining by the search engine the second search result associated with the second query according to the second parsing result comprises;

querying the knowledge base according to the second parsing result to obtain the second search result associated with the second query.

15. An interactive searching apparatus, comprising:

a receiving module configured to receive a first query;

an obtaining module configured to obtain e a first search result associated with the first query; and

a processing module configured to generate a first feedback data configured to display the first search result associated with the first query and an interactive region in a search result webpage, if it is determined that the first query belongs to a predetermined type.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the first feedback data is configured to display the first search result associated with the first query and the interactive region in a second displaying part in the search result webpage and to display the first search result associated with the first query in a first displaying part in the search result webpage.

17. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the obtaining module is configured to obtain a first parsing result of the first query and to obtain the first search result associated with the first query according to the first parsing result.

18. The apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising an updating module configured to generate a second query according to the first parsing result, wherein the obtaining module is further configured to obtain a second parsing result of the second query, to obtain a second search result associated with the second query according to the second parsing result and to return the second search result.

19. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the obtaining module is further configured to:

perform at least one of a type identification, a semantic analysis, a synonymous rewrite, an interactive clarification and an information completion on the first query to obtain the first parsing result; and

perform at least one of the type identification, the semantic analysis, the synonymous rewrite, an anaphora resolution, the interactive clarification and the information completion on the second query to obtain the first parsing result.

20. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the updating module is configured to obtain an interactive question displayed in the second displaying part, to obtain interactive information via the interactive region and to generate the second query according to the interactive information, if the first search result satisfies a predetermined condition.

21. The apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the updating module is further configured to obtain attribute information of the first search result, to calculate at least one of a coverage degree and a division degree of the attribute information on the first search result to obtain a calculation result and to obtain the interactive question according to the calculation result, if the number of the first search result is larger than a predetermined threshold.

22. The apparatus according to claim 18, further comprising an establishing module configured to establish a knowledge base comprising an entity knowledge base, a general requirement knowledge base and a FAQ knowledge base.

23. The apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the obtaining module is configured to:

query the knowledge base according to the first parsing result to obtain the first search result associated with the first query; and

query the knowledge base according to the second parsing result to obtain the second search result associated with the second query.