Method and system for displaying real time trends

• US 8,370,380 B1
• Filed: 03/19/2012
• Issued: 02/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Kuraoka, Hiroshi, Tei, Takayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Casanova, Jorge A
• Application Number:
  US13/424,094
• Time in Patent Office: 323 Days
• Field of Search: 707/736, 707/767
• US Class Current: 707/767
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3323 using document space presentation or visualization, e.g. category, hierarchy or range presentation and selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/334 Query execution G06F16/335 takes precedence

Abstract

Displaying an information product that includes exceptional search queries to a user can include receiving search queries, measuring the frequencies of search queries received, determining the search queries whose frequencies are rising in the most relevant manner, and then displaying these exceptional queries on a user interface. The user then can select one of the displayed exceptional queries, and then the system can provide search results corresponding with the exceptional queries. The activity of a particular query can be based on the frequency of the search query'"'"'s reception over a given period of time, whether in relation to an expected frequency level or the rate of change of the frequency level. Additionally, the relevant periods of time over which activity is measured can be relatively short to maximize their relevance at a given instant.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more computing devices, at least one of the one or more computing devices comprising a processing unit and a memory, the one or more computing devices configured to;

receive queries;

obtain a time frame measured from receipt of at least one of the queries;

select one or more of the queries within the time frame measured from receipt of at least one of the queries;

generate query data by normalizing and combining the selected queries;

apply a threshold to the generated query data to determine from the generated query data one or more search queries, the threshold comprising a rate of receipt of the selected one or more queries at the one or more computing devices; and

transmit for display the one or more determined search queries.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more computing devices receives a selection of one of the one or more determined search queries from a client computing device.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the one or more computing devices transmits to the client computing device a search result associated with the received selection.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the applied threshold comprises a degree to which the rate of receipt of the selected one or more queries at the one or more computing devices in the time frame exceeds a predicted rate of receipt.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the applied threshold comprises a degree to which the rate of receipt of the selected one or more queries at the one or more computing devices in the time frame increases.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the selected one or more queries are from a predetermined geographic area.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the selected one or more queries are scaled according to a percentage of total queries that originated from a predetermined geographic area.

8. A method comprising:

receiving queries at one or more computing devices;

obtaining a time frame measured from receipt of at least one of the queries;

selecting, by the one or more computing devices, one or more of the queries within the time frame measured from receipt of at least one of the queries;

generating query data by normalizing and combining the selected queries;

applying a threshold to the generated query data to determine from the generated query data one or more search queries, the threshold comprising a rate of receipt of the selected one or more queries at the one or more computing devices; and

transmitting for display the one or more determined search queries.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving, at the one or more computing devices, a selection of one of the one or more determined search queries from a client computing device.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising transmitting, from the one or more computing devices to the client computing device, a search result associated with the received selection.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the applied threshold comprises a degree to which the rate of receipt of the one or more selected queries at the one or more computing devices in the time frame exceeds a predicted rate of receipt.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the applied threshold comprises a degree to which the rate of receipt of the one or more selected queries at the one or more computing devices in the time frame increases.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more selected queries are from a predetermined geographic area.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more selected queries are scaled according to a percentage of total queries that originated from a predetermined geographic area.

15. A system for receiving one or more determined search queries, the system comprising:

a client computing device comprising a processing unit and a memory, the client computing device configured to receive, from one or more computing devices, one or more determined search queries, the one or more determined search queries generated by;

receiving queries at the one or more computing devices;

obtaining a time frame measured from receipt of at least one of the queries;

selecting one or more of the received queries within the time frame measured from receipt of at least one of the queries;

generating query data by normalizing and combining the selected queries;

applying a threshold to the generated query data to determine from the generated query data the one or more determined search queries, the threshold comprising a rate of receipt of the selected one or more queries at the one or more computing devices.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the client computing device is configured to receive a selection of one of the one or more determined search queries.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the client computing device is configured to transmit the received selection of one of the one or more determined search queries to the one or more computing devices.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the client computing device is configured to receive from the one or more computing devices a search result associated with the received selection of one of the one or more determined search queries.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the applied threshold comprises a degree to which the rate of receipt of the selected one or more received queries at the one or more computing devices in the time frame exceeds a predicted rate of receipt.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the applied threshold comprises a degree to which the rate of receipt of the selected one or more received queries at the one or more computing devices in the time frame increases.

21. The system of claim 15, wherein the selected one or more received queries are from a predetermined geographic area.

22. The system of claim 15, wherein the selected one or more received queries are scaled according to a percentage of total queries that originated from a predetermined geographic area.