Search history presentations

• US 8,341,146 B1
• Filed: 04/18/2011
• Issued: 12/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: A9.com Incorporated (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: A9.com Incorporated (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bleckner, Colin D., Saunders, Colin M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Robinson, Greta
• Assistant Examiner(s): Weinrich, Brian E.
• Application Number:
  US13/089,057
• Time in Patent Office: 617 Days
• Field of Search: 707/722, 707/767
• US Class Current: 707/722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9532 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results

Abstract

A method for displaying a search history for a user is shown. The method includes generating a search history for a user including one or more listings of search results, displaying a first search result listing on a web page, and displaying at least a second search result listing on the web page, the second search result listing having a relationship to the first search result listing within the search history.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for displaying a search history for a user, comprising:

under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, generating;

a first search history grouping comprising at least one first search result listing associated with a first subject matter;

a second search history grouping comprising at least one second search result listing associated with a second subject matter different from the first subject matter; and

configuring display information that includes specifications for concurrently displaying, at least;

a first search history representation corresponding to the first search history grouping, the first search history representation including a plurality of first search nodes each representative of a corresponding first search result listing, the plurality of first search nodes being arranged chronologically according to when respective searches corresponding to the first search result listings were submitted by the user; and

a second search history representation corresponding to the second search history grouping, the second search history representation including a plurality of second search nodes each representative of a corresponding second search result listing, and the plurality of second search nodes being arranged chronologically according to when respective searches corresponding to the second search result listings were submitted by the user;

the first and the second search history representations including a respective timeline and being configured to allow user navigation among the first and the second search listings represented by the first and the second search history representations;

an indication associated with one of a first search node and a second search node, the indication identifying a position corresponding to the first search node or the second search node along the respective timeline;

one or more search revisions, each revisions being associated with one of the first and the second search history representations and being selectable to obtain for display search results corresponding to the suggested search revisions; and

providing the configured display information for display to the user.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the configured display information is encoded in at least one document of a web page.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first search history representation or the second search history further representation further includes a search history tree.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, further including providing for display search history behavior indicia on the search history tree.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a third search result listing at a third time after the first time and the second time, the third search result listing being associated with one of the first subject matter or the second subject matter but not the other,

updating one of the first search history grouping or the second search history grouping to include a third search node representing the third search result listing based on an association of the third search result with one of the first subject matter or the second subject matter.

6. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computer system, cause the computer system to at least:

generate;

a first search history grouping comprising at least one first search results listing associated with a first subject matter;

a second search history grouping comprising at least one second search results listing associated with a second subject matter different from the first subject matter; and

configure one or more documents to collectively include, at least;

a first search history representation corresponding to the first search history grouping, the first search history representation including a plurality of first search nodes each representative of a corresponding first search result listing, the plurality of first search nodes being arranged chronologically according to when respective searches corresponding to the first search result listings were submitted by a user;

a second search history representations corresponding to the second search history grouping, the second search history representation including a plurality of second search nodes each representative of a corresponding second search result listing, and the plurality of second search nodes being arranged chronologically according to when respective searches corresponding to the second search result listings were submitted by the user;

the first and the second search history representations including a respective timeline and being configured to allow user navigation among the first and the second search listings represented by the first and the second search history representations;

an indication associated with one of a first search node and a second search node, the indication identifying a position corresponding to the first search node or the second search node along the respective timeline;

one or more search revisions, each revisions being associated with one of the first and the second search history representations and being selectable to obtain for display search results corresponding to the suggested search revisions; and

provide the configured one or more documents for display to the user to enable the user to simultaneously display the first search result listing, the second search result listing, and the search history representation.

7. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the configured one or more documents correspond to a web page.

8. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein at least one of the first search history representation or the second search history representation further includes a search history tree.

9. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 having further instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computer system, cause the computer system to at least:

generate a third search result listing at a third time after the first time and the second time, the third search result listing being associated with one of the first subject matter or the second subject matter but not the other,

update one of the first search history grouping or the second search history grouping to include history a third search node representing the third search result listing.

10. A computer system for configuring display information, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory including executable instructions that, when executed collectively by the one or more processors, cause the computer system to at least;

generate;

a first search history grouping comprising at least one first search results listing associated with a first subject matter;

a second search history grouping comprising at least one second search result listing associated with a second subject matter different from the first subject matter;

configure, based at least on the at least one search results listing and the at least one second search results listing, display information that includes specifications for concurrently displaying, at least;

a first search history representation corresponding to the first search history grouping, the first search history representation including a plurality of first search nodes each representative of a corresponding first search result listing, the plurality of first search nodes being arranged chronologically according to when respective searches corresponding to the first search results listings were submitted by a user;

a second search history representations corresponding to the second search history grouping, the second search history representation including a plurality of second search nodes each representative of a corresponding second search result listing, and the plurality of second search nodes being arranged chronologically according to when respective searches corresponding to the second search result listings were submitted by the user;

the first and the second search history representations including a respective timeline and being configured to allow user navigation among the first and the second search listings represented by the first and the second search history representations;

an indication associated with one of a first search node and a second search node, the indication identifying a position corresponding to the first search node or the second search node along the respective timeline;

one or more search revisions, each revisions being associated with one of the first and the second search history representations and being selectable to obtain for display search results corresponding to the suggested search revisions; and

provide the configured display information for display to the user.

11. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the configured display information is encoded in at least one document of a web page.

12. The computer system of claim 10, wherein at least one of the first search history representation or the second search history representation further includes a search history tree.

13. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the display information further includes specifications for:

generating a third search result listing at a third time after the first time and the second time, the third search result listing being associated with one of the first subject matter and the second subject matter but not the other,

updating one of the first search history grouping or the second search history grouping to include a third search node representing the third search result listing.