ELECTRONIC MESSAGE SEARCH SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device, an electronic messaging search request to search at least one electronic data store comprising different types of items including a message item type, the search request comprising a user'"'"'s search query;
identifying, by the computing device, a plurality of search intents for the search query using the search query, each search intent corresponding to an item type;
generating, by the computing device, a plurality of search result lists by performing a plurality of searches of the at least one electronic data store, each search of the plurality of searches generating a search result list of items having an object type corresponding to a search intent of the plurality of search intents and identifying a relevance score for each search result item in the search intent'"'"'s search result list, the search result item'"'"'s relevance score indicating the search result item'"'"'s relevance to the search query;
generating, by the computing device and for each search intent of the plurality of search intents, a search intent score;
generating, by the computing device, a plurality of candidate scores, each candidate score corresponding to a search result item included in a search result list of the plurality of search result lists, each search result item'"'"'s score is generated using the search result item'"'"'s relevance score and the search intent score of the search intent corresponding to the search result item'"'"'s search result list;
selecting, by the computing device, one or more top search result items using the generated candidate scores, each of the one or more top search result items having a better candidate score than unselected search result items; and
generating, by the computing device, a search results presentation for display at the user'"'"'s client device, the search results presentation comprising a presentation of the one or more top search result items.
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Abstract
A search query for searching electronic messages, such as email, may be used to search for different types of items, such as and without limitation electronic messages, contacts, photos, documents, such as and without limitation papers, presentations, etc., business entities, personal information extracted from messages, such as and without limitation purchase orders, shipments, reservations, travel itineraries, etc. Several sources of data, which may be indexed for searching, such as and without limitation a personal mail search index, contacts, or business entity, index, attachments index, extracted data index, etc. may be searched using the search query. A number of top search result items, which may include different types of items, may be presented apart from other search result items.
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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a computing device, an electronic messaging search request to search at least one electronic data store comprising different types of items including a message item type, the search request comprising a user'"'"'s search query; identifying, by the computing device, a plurality of search intents for the search query using the search query, each search intent corresponding to an item type; generating, by the computing device, a plurality of search result lists by performing a plurality of searches of the at least one electronic data store, each search of the plurality of searches generating a search result list of items having an object type corresponding to a search intent of the plurality of search intents and identifying a relevance score for each search result item in the search intent'"'"'s search result list, the search result item'"'"'s relevance score indicating the search result item'"'"'s relevance to the search query; generating, by the computing device and for each search intent of the plurality of search intents, a search intent score; generating, by the computing device, a plurality of candidate scores, each candidate score corresponding to a search result item included in a search result list of the plurality of search result lists, each search result item'"'"'s score is generated using the search result item'"'"'s relevance score and the search intent score of the search intent corresponding to the search result item'"'"'s search result list; selecting, by the computing device, one or more top search result items using the generated candidate scores, each of the one or more top search result items having a better candidate score than unselected search result items; and generating, by the computing device, a search results presentation for display at the user'"'"'s client device, the search results presentation comprising a presentation of the one or more top search result items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
at least one computing device, each computing device comprising a processor and a storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the stored program logic comprising; receiving logic executed by the processor for receiving an electronic messaging search request to search at least one electronic data store comprising different types of items including a message item type, the search request comprising a user'"'"'s search query; identifying logic executed by the processor for identifying a plurality of search intents for the search query using the search query, each search intent corresponding to an item type; generating logic executed by the processor for generating a plurality of search result lists by performing a plurality of searches of the at least one electronic data store, each search of the plurality of searches generating a search result list of items having an object type corresponding to a search intent of the plurality of search intents and identifying a relevance score for each search result item in the search intent'"'"'s search result list, the search result item'"'"'s relevance score indicating the search result item'"'"'s relevance to the search query; generating logic executed by the processor for generating, for each search intent of the plurality of search intents, a search intent score; generating logic executed by the processor for generating a plurality of candidate scores, each candidate score corresponding to a search result item included in a search result list of the plurality of search result lists, each search result item'"'"'s score is generated using the search result item'"'"'s relevance score and the search intent score of the search intent corresponding to the search result item'"'"'s search result list; selecting logic executed by the processor for selecting one or more top search result items using the generated candidate scores, each of the one or more top search result items having a better candidate score than unselected search result items; and generating logic executed by the processor for generating a search results presentation for display at the user'"'"'s client device, the search results presentation comprising a presentation of the one or more top search result items. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer readable non-transitory storage medium for tangibly storing thereon computer readable instructions that when executed cause at least one processor to:
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receive an electronic messaging search request to search at least one electronic data store comprising different types of items including a message item type, the search request comprising a user'"'"'s search query; identify a plurality of search intents for the search query using the search query, each search intent corresponding to an item type; generate a plurality of search result lists by performing a plurality of searches of the at least one electronic data store, each search of the plurality of searches generating a search result list of items having an object type corresponding to a search intent of the plurality of search intents and identifying a relevance score for each search result item in the search intent'"'"'s search result list, the search result item'"'"'s relevance score indicating the search result item'"'"'s relevance to the search query; generate, for each search intent of the plurality of search intents, a search intent score; generate a plurality of candidate scores, each candidate score corresponding to a search result item included in a search result list of the plurality of search result lists, each search result item'"'"'s score is generated using the search result item'"'"'s relevance score and the search intent score of the search intent corresponding to the search result item'"'"'s search result list; select one or more top search result items using the generated candidate scores, each of the one or more top search result items having a better candidate score than unselected search result items; and generate a search results presentation for display at the user'"'"'s client device, the search results presentation comprising a presentation of the one or more top search result items. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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