Permitting users to remove documents

• US 8,417,697 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2005
• Issued: 04/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Ghemawat, Sanjay, Piscitello, John, Tong, Simon, Cutts, Matt
• Primary Examiner(s): Lu, Kuen S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Liu, Hexing
• Application Number:
  US11/208,005
• Publication Number:
  US 20070043721A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,787 Days
• Field of Search: 707/732, 707/706, 707/718, 707/722, 707/728
• US Class Current: 707/732
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

A system may present information regarding a document and provide an option for removing the document. The system may also receive selection of the option and remove the document when the option is selected. The system may aggregate information regarding documents that have been removed by a group of users and assign scores to a set of documents based on the aggregated information.

Claims

1. One or more computer devices, comprising:

means for receiving a search query;

means for presenting a list of search results that are responsive to the received search query;

means for providing a first option for removing a particular search result, from the list of search results, for a particular search only, the particular search being associated with the received search query, the first option being provided visually in connection with the particular search result;

means for providing a second option for removing the particular search result, from the list of search results, for a particular session only, the second option being provided visually in connection with the particular search result;

means for providing a third option for removing the particular search result, from the list of search results, for all searches and all sessions, the third option being provided visually in connection with the particular search result;

means for receiving a selection of one of the first option, the second option, or the third option;

means for removing, in response to selection of the first option, the particular search result for the particular search only;

means for storing, in response to selection of the second option, information regarding the particular search result in a remove list that identifies search results that are removed for only the particular session;

means for storing, in response to selection of the third option, information regarding the particular search result in a remove list that identifies search results that are removed for all searches and all sessions;

means for creating a modified search result list in response to selection of the first option, the second option, or the third option, where the means for creating include;

means for replacing the removed particular search result with a different search result from the list of search results; and

means for presenting the modified search result list after creating the modified search result list.

2. The one or more computer devices of claim 1, where the first option, the second option, and the third option each include a selectable object for removing the particular search result, the selectable object including at least one of a link, a menu item, or a toolbar button.

3. A method performed by one or more devices, comprising:

presenting, by a processor associated with the one or more devices, information associated with a document,

where presenting the information associated with the document includes;

receiving a search query,

obtaining a list of search result documents based on the search query, where the document is one of the search result documents, and

presenting the list of search result documents;

presenting, by a processor associated with the one or more devices, three options in connection with the document, where presenting the three options includes;

presenting, by the processor, a first option for removing the document for only a particular search, the first option being visually presented in connection with the information associated with the document;

presenting, by the processor, a second option for removing the document for only a particular session, the second option being visually presented in connection with the information associated with the document; and

presenting, by the processor, a third option for removing the document for all searches and all sessions, the third option being visually presented in connection with the information associated with the document;

receiving selection of the first option, the second option, or the third option;

removing, when the first option is selected, the information associated with the document for only the particular search;

storing, when the second option is selected, information regarding the document in a remove list within a memory device associated with the one or more devices, the remove list indicating that the document is to be removed for only the particular session;

storing, when the third option is selected, information regarding the document in the remove list within the memory device, the remove list indicating that the document is to be removed for all searches or all sessions;

removing the document from the list of search result documents to create a modified list of search result documents in response to the search query when any of the first option, the second option, or the third option is selected;

identifying another search result document to replace the removed document in the modified list of search result documents; and

presenting the modified list of search result documents, where the modified list of search result documents includes the identified other search result document.

4. The method of claim 3, where presenting information associated with the document includes:

receiving an address corresponding to the document, and

presenting a content of the document based on the address.

5. The method of claim 3, where, when the first option is selected, the removing includes:

removing the document from the list of search result documents to create the modified list of search result documents for only the particular search.

6. The method of claim 5, where presenting the modified list of search result documents includes:

providing an indication that the document has been removed from the list of search result documents along with the modified list of search result documents.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

presenting a fourth option to restore the document to the list of search result documents when the document has been removed, and

restoring the document in response to the selection of the fourth option.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

presenting a fourth option to confirm that the document should be removed from the list of search result documents;

where the removing further comprises removing the document from the list of search result documents in response to selection of the fourth option.

9. The method of claim 3, where, when the second option is selected, the removing includes:

removing the document from the list of search result documents to create the modified list of search result documents for only the particular session.

10. The method of claim 3, where the first option, the second option, and the third option each include:

a selectable object for removing the document, the selectable object including at least one of a link, a menu item, or a toolbar button.

11. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

permitting selection of whether to remove the document or a site associated with the document.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

removing the document when the document is selected to be removed, and

removing documents corresponding to the site associated with the document when the site associated with the document is selected to be removed.

13. The method of claim 11, where permitting selection of whether to remove the document or the site associated with the document further includes:

permitting selection of whether to remove documents related to the document;

where the method further comprises removing the document and the documents related to the document in response to the selection.

14. The method of claim 3, where the one or more devices include a client device, and where the presenting information, the presenting the first option, the presenting the second option, the presenting the third option, the receiving selection, the removing the information, the storing the information, and the storing the information are performed by the client device.

15. The method of claim 14, where the remove list is stored on the client device.

16. The method of claim 3, where the one or more devices include a client device and a server device, and where at least one of the presenting information, the presenting the first option, the presenting the second option, the presenting the third option, the receiving selection, the removing the information, the storing the information, or the storing the information is performed by the client device, and

where at least one other one of the presenting information, the presenting the first option, the presenting the second option, the presenting the third option, the receiving selection, the removing the information, the storing the information, or the storing the information is performed by the server device.

17. A method performed by one or more devices, comprising:

receiving, by the one or more devices, a search query;

receiving, by the one or more devices, a list of search results based on a search performed using the search query;

presenting, by the one or more devices, the list of search results;

presenting, by the one or more devices, a first option in connection with a search result in the list of search results, the first option permitting the search result to be removed for a particular search;

presenting, by the one or more devices, a second option in connection with the search result, the second option permitting the search result to be removed for a particular session;

presenting, by the one or more devices, a third option in connection with the search result, the third option permitting the search result to be removed for all searches or all sessions;

receiving, by the one or more devices, selection of the first option, the second option, or the third option;

when the first option is selected;

creating a modified list of search results by removing the search result from the list of search results for the particular search and replacing the removed search result, in the list of search results, with another search result, and

making the search result available for another list of search results associated with a search other than the particular search;

when the second option is selected;

creating the modified list of search results by removing the search result from the list of search results for the particular session and replacing the removed search result, in the list of search results, with another search result,

removing the search result from a subsequent one or more lists of search results associated with the particular session, and

making the search result available for another list of search results associated with a session other than the particular session;

when the third option is selected;

creating the modified list of search results by removing the search result from the list of search results and replacing the removed search result, in the list of search results, with another search result, and

removing the search result from subsequent lists of search results associated with subsequent searches and sessions; and

when the first option, the second option, or the third option is selected, presenting, by the one or more devices, the modified list of search results.

18. The method of claim 17, where the first option, the second option, and the third option each include a selectable object for removing the search result, the selectable object including at least one of a link, a menu item, or a toolbar button.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions executable by one or more processors, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

receive a search query;

obtain a list of search result documents based on the search query;

present the list of search result documents, the list of search result documents including information associated with a document;

present a first option for removing the document for only a particular search, the first option being visually presented in connection with the information associated with the document;

present a second option for removing the document for only a particular session, the second option being visually presented in connection with the information associated with the document;

present a third option for removing the document for all searches and all sessions, the third option being visually presented in connection with the information associated with the document;

receive selection of the first option, the second option, or the third option;

remove, when the first option is selected, the information associated with the document for only the particular search;

store, when the second option is selected, information regarding the document in a remove list within a memory device associated with the one or more processors, the remove list indicating that the document is to be removed for only the particular session;

store, when the third option is selected, information regarding the document in the remove list within the memory device, the remove list indicating that the document is to be removed for all searches or all sessions;

remove the document from the list of search result documents to create a modified list of search result documents in response to the search query when any of the first option, the second option, or the third option is selected;

identify another search result document to replace the removed document in the modified list of search result documents; and

present the modified list of search result documents, where the modified list of search result documents includes the identified other search result document.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, where the one or more instructions to cause the one or more processors to remove, when the first option is selected, the information associated with the document for only the particular search include one or more instructions to cause the one or more processors to remove the document from the list of search result documents to create the modified list of search result documents for only the particular search.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, where the first option, the second option, and the third option each include a selectable object for removing the document, the selectable object including at least one of a link, a menu item, or a toolbar button.