PROCESSING SEARCH QUERIES AND GENERATING A SEARCH RESULT PAGE INCLUDING SEARCH OBJECT INFORMATION

• US 20160335365A1
• Filed: 12/24/2014
• Published: 11/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yandex Europe AG (Yandex N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Yandex Europe AG (Yandex N.V.)
• Inventors: KOSAREV, Mikhail Jurievich, GRIGOREVA, Svetlana Alexandrovna
• Application Number:
  US15/106,931
• Publication Number:
  US 20160335365A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

Processing a search query from a user associated with an electronic device and generating a search result set responsive to the search query comprises receiving the search query from the electronic device, via the communication network and determining if the search query is associated with a search object and in response, determining a first object component and a second object component, which are semantically linked with the search object. First and second user actuators linked to the first and second object components are generated, then a search engine result page containing the first object component, the second object component, the first user actuator and the second user actuator; are generated where responsive to the user actuating the first user actuator, a first action with the first object component is performed and responsive to the user actuating the second user actuator, a second action with the second object component is performed.

Claims

1. A method of processing a search query from a user associated with an electronic device and generating a search result set responsive to the search query, the method executable at a search server coupled to the electronic device via a communication network, the method comprising:

receiving from the electronic device, via the communication network, the search query;

determining if the search query is associated with a search object;

responsive to the search query being associated with the search object, determining a first object component and a second object component, the first object component and the second object component being semantically linked with the search object;

generating a first user actuator being linked to the first object component;

generating a second user actuator being linked to the second object component;

generating a search engine result page containing the first object component, the second object component, the first user actuator and the second user actuator;

the search engine result page being configured;

responsive to the user actuating the first user actuator, causing a first change in the appearance of the first object component, the first change being performed without sending additional requests to the server;

responsive to the user actuating the second user actuator, causing a second change in the appearance of the second object component, the second change being performed without sending additional requests to the server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said second change is different from said first change.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said first action comprises one of:

highlighting the first object component;

augmenting the first object component;

removing the second object component from the search engine result page;

changing the order of the first object component relative to the second object component.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said augmenting the first object component comprises inserting a best-matching result from a general search into the first object component.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said second change comprises one of:

highlighting the second object component;

augmenting the second object component;

removing the first object component from the search engine result page;

changing the order of the second object component relative to the first object component.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said augmenting the second object component comprises inserting a best-matching result from a general search into the second object component.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the first object component is associated with a first search intent and wherein said first user actuator is indicative of the first search intent.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the second object component is associated with a second search intent and wherein said second user actuator is indicative of the second search intent.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the first object component is associated with a first object title and wherein said first user actuator is indicative of the first object title.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the second object component is associated with a second object title and wherein said second user actuator is indicative of the second object title.

7-10. -10. (canceled)

15. A server comprising:

a communication interface for communication with an electronic device via a communication network,

a processor operationally connected with the communication interface, the processor configured to;

receive, via the communication network, from a user of the electronic device, a search query;

determine if the search query is associated with a search object;

responsive to the search query being associated with the search object, determine a first object component and a second object component, the first object component and the second object component being semantically linked with the search object;

generate a first user actuator being linked to the first object component;

generating a second user actuator being linked to the second object component;

generate a search engine result page containing the first object component, the second object component, the first user actuator and the second user actuator;

the search engine result page being configured;

responsive to the user actuating the first user actuator, causing a first change in the appearance of the first object component, the first change being performed without sending additional requests to the server;

responsive to the user actuating the second user actuator, causing a second change in the appearance of the second object component, the second change being performed without sending additional requests to the server.

16. The server of claim 15, wherein said second change is different from said first change.

17. The server of claim 15, wherein said first change comprises one of:

highlighting the first object component;

augmenting the first object component;

removing the second object component from the search engine result page;

changing the order of the first object component relative to the second object component.

18. The server of claim 17, wherein to augment the first object component, the processor is configured to insert a best-matching result from a general search into the first object component.

19. The server of claim 15, wherein said second change comprises one of:

highlighting the second object component;

augmenting the second object component;

removing the first object component from the search engine result page;

changing the order of the second object component relative to the first object component.

20. The server of claim 19, wherein to augment the second object component, the processor is configured to insert a best-matching result from a general search into the second object component.

25. The server of claim 15, wherein the first object component is associated with a first search intent and wherein said first user actuator is indicative of the first search intent.

26. The server of claim 15, wherein the second object component is associated with a second search intent and wherein said second user actuator is indicative of the second search intent.

27. The server of claim 15, wherein the first object component is associated with a first object title and wherein said first user actuator is indicative of the first object title.

28. The server of claim 15, wherein the second object component is associated with a second object title and wherein said second user actuator is indicative of the second object title.

21-24. -24. (canceled)