Displaying browse sequence with search results

• US 8,874,542 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2013
• Issued: 10/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kritt, Barry A, Rakshit, Sarbajit K
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, UYEN T
• Application Number:
  US13/778,827
• Publication Number:
  US 20140040228A1
• Time in Patent Office: 608 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/706
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

Methods may display a browse sequence for a plurality of statically paginated web pages with search engine results. The method may include identifying, in the source code of one web page, one or more links to at least another web page, and identifying, in the source code of the at least another web page, one or more links to the one web page. The method may additionally include determining a browse sequence for the one web page and the at least another web page based on the identified one or more links to the at least another web page and to the one web page. The method may further include displaying the browse sequence along with search results on a search engine results page, the search results including information regarding one or more of the one web page and the at least another web page.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

identifying, in the source code of one web page, one or more links to at least another web page;

identifying, in the source code of the at least another web page, one or more links to the one web page;

determining, by one or more processors in a computer system, a browse sequence for the one web page and the at least another web page based on the identified one or more links to the at least another web page and to the one web page; and

displaying a plurality of search results on a search engine results page, wherein a selected one of the plurality of search results includes information regarding one or more of the one web page and the at least another web page, and wherein the displaying further comprises displaying the browse sequence for the one web page and the at least another web page as part of the selected one of the plurality of search results.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising incorporating links to each of the one web page and the at least another web page in the displayed browse sequence.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the browse sequence further comprises displaying the browse sequence as a plurality of page indicators.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein displaying the browse sequence as a plurality of page indicators includes displaying the browse sequence as a plurality of buttons with page indicia.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein displaying the browse sequence as a plurality of buttons with page indicia includes displaying the browse sequence as a plurality of buttons with page number indicia.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising incorporating a link to one of the one web page and the at least another web page in each page indicator of the plurality of page indicators.

7. The method of claim 3, further comprising generating a preview of one of the one web page and the at least another web page when a page indicator corresponding to the one of the one web page and the at least another web page is selected from the search engine results page.

8. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving comments from one or more users for one of the one web page and the at least another web page; and

displaying the received comments when a page indicator corresponding to the one of the one web page and the at least another web page is selected from the search engine results page.

9. The method of claim 3, further comprising displaying at least one search term indicator with one or more page indicators of the plurality of page indicators.

10. The method of claim 9, where the search results on the search engine results page was generated based on a first search term, wherein displaying at least one search term indicator with one or more page indicators of the plurality of page indicators includes displaying a first search term indicator that represents the number of occurrences of the first search term with each page indicator of a webpage that includes the first search term.

11. The method of claim 9, where the search results on the search engine results page was generated based on first and second search terms, wherein displaying at least one search term indicator with one or more page indicators of the plurality of page indicators includes displaying the first search term indicator with each page indicator of a webpage that includes the first search term and displaying a second search term indicator with each page indicator of a webpage that includes the second search term.