Indication of exclusive items in a result set
First Claim
1. A method for presenting a result set with an indication of an item that is exclusive to the result set, the method comprising:
- receiving a primary result set and a secondary result set in response to a search query, the primary result set and secondary result set each comprising one or more items;
determining an exclusive item contained in the primary result set that is not contained in the secondary result set, including determining items ranked above a threshold value in the primary result set and below a threshold value in the secondary result set;
displaying the primary result set to a user;
displaying an indication with the exclusive item to the user indicating that the exclusive item is contained in the primary result set and not contained in the secondary result set including displaying an animated icon, the indication displayed in the primary result set;
displaying a difference result set adjacent to the primary result set, the difference result set;
(1) containing the one or more items in the secondary result set that is not included in the primary result set;
(2) containing the one or more items in the primary result set that is included in the secondary result set; and
(3) excluding one or more items in the primary result set not included in the secondary result set;
determining if the user is a registered user; and
if the user is not a registered user, not displaying the indication with the exclusive item to the user; and
eliciting feedback from a user regarding the selection of the exclusive item.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for generating and displaying the difference between a primary result set and a secondary result set. According to the present invention, a method for displaying the difference between a primary result set and a secondary result set for a query comprises generating a primary result set and a secondary result set, the primary result set and secondary result set generated according to one or more respective disparate search algorithms. A difference result set is determined according to a difference between items in the primary result set and second result set, which is displayed to a user.
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10 Claims
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1. A method for presenting a result set with an indication of an item that is exclusive to the result set, the method comprising:
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receiving a primary result set and a secondary result set in response to a search query, the primary result set and secondary result set each comprising one or more items; determining an exclusive item contained in the primary result set that is not contained in the secondary result set, including determining items ranked above a threshold value in the primary result set and below a threshold value in the secondary result set; displaying the primary result set to a user; displaying an indication with the exclusive item to the user indicating that the exclusive item is contained in the primary result set and not contained in the secondary result set including displaying an animated icon, the indication displayed in the primary result set; displaying a difference result set adjacent to the primary result set, the difference result set;
(1) containing the one or more items in the secondary result set that is not included in the primary result set;
(2) containing the one or more items in the primary result set that is included in the secondary result set; and
(3) excluding one or more items in the primary result set not included in the secondary result set;determining if the user is a registered user; and
if the user is not a registered user, not displaying the indication with the exclusive item to the user; andeliciting feedback from a user regarding the selection of the exclusive item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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