Personalized browsing activity displays

• US 8,914,362 B1
• Filed: 09/30/2013
• Issued: 12/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Zamir, Oren, Korn, Jeffrey
• Primary Examiner(s): BURKE, JEFF A
• Application Number:
  US14/041,620
• Time in Patent Office: 442 Days
• US Class Current: 707/732
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management

Abstract

A system records browsing activity of a user using a browser. The system determines browsing statistics from the recorded browsing activity and graphically displays the browsing statistics to the user via the browser.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing, by a processor and to a user, information associated with a plurality of browsing statistics associated with a first client device and information associated with a plurality of time periods,

the plurality of browsing statistics being different from browsing statistics associated with a second, different client device, and

the plurality of browsing statistics being determined based on information associated with documents accessed, during the plurality of time periods, by the user;

receiving, by the processor, information identifying a selection, by the user, of a particular browsing statistic, of the plurality of browsing statistics, and a particular time period, of the plurality of time periods;

modifying, by the processor and based on the particular browsing statistic and the particular time period, a ranking of search results to form modified search results,

the search results being associated with a search query received from the user, and

the ranking of the search results being based on the search query; and

providing, by the processor, the modified search results for display to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, where providing the information associated with the plurality of browsing statistics and the information associated with the plurality of time periods includes:

determining that the user has performed a particular action, and

providing the information associated with the plurality of browsing statistics and the information associated with the plurality of time periods based on the user having performed the particular action.

3. The method of claim 1, where providing the information associated with the plurality of browsing statistics and the information associated with the plurality of time periods includes:

providing information identifying one or more trends associated with the user accessing the documents during the plurality of time periods.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, based on the plurality of browsing statistics, a frequency at which one or more documents, of the documents accessed by the user, were accessed by the user during the plurality of time periods; and

where providing the information associated with the plurality of browsing statistics and the information associated with the plurality of time periods includes;

providing information identifying the frequency at which the one or more documents were accessed by the user during the plurality of time periods.

5. The method of claim 1, where the documents accessed, during the plurality of time periods, by the user include documents associated with one or more search queries provided by the user via the first client device;

and

where the plurality of browsing statistics include statistics related to the one or more search queries.

6. The method of claim 1, where the plurality of browsing statistics include one or more of:

an amount of time the user viewed each document of the documents accessed, during the plurality of time periods, by the user,

a quantity of terms included in each of one or more search queries provided by the user, or

a quantity of the one or more search queries associated with each time period of the plurality of time periods.

7. The method of claim 1, where providing the information associated with the plurality of browsing statistics and the information associated with the plurality of time periods includes:

providing a graphical depiction of the plurality of browsing statistics and the information associated with the plurality of time periods.

8. A device comprising:

one or more processors to;

provide, to a user, information associated with a plurality of browsing statistics associated with a first client device and information associated with a plurality of time periods,

the plurality of browsing statistics being different from browsing statistics associated with a second, different client device, and

the plurality of browsing statistics being determined based on information associated with documents accessed, during the plurality of time periods, by the user;

receive information identifying a selection, by the user, of a particular browsing statistic, of the plurality of browsing statistics, and a particular time period, of the plurality of time periods;

modify, based on the particular browsing statistic and the particular time period, a ranking of search results to form modified search results,

the search results being associated with a search query received from the user, and

the ranking of the search results being based on the search query; and

provide the modified search results for display to the user.

9. The device of claim 8, where, when providing the information associated with the plurality of browsing statistics and the information associated with the plurality of time periods, the one or more processors are to:

determine that the user has performed a particular action, and

provide the information associated with the plurality of browsing statistics and the information associated with the plurality of time periods based on the user having performed the particular action.

10. The device of claim 8, where the one or more processors are further to:

determine, based on the plurality of browsing statistics, one or more trends associated with the user accessing the documents during the plurality of time periods; and

where, when providing the information associated with the plurality of browsing statistics and the information associated with the plurality of time periods, the one or more processors are to;

provide information identifying the one or more trends for display to the user.

11. The device of claim 8, where the one or more processors are to:

determine, based on the plurality of browsing statistics, a frequency at which one or more documents, of the documents accessed by the user, were accessed by the user during the plurality of time periods; and

where, when providing the information associated with the plurality of browsing statistics and the information associated with the plurality of time periods, the one or more processors are to;

provide information identifying the frequency at which the one or more documents were accessed by the user.

12. The device of claim 8, where the documents accessed, during the plurality of time periods, by the user include documents associated with one or more search queries provided by the user via the first client device;

and

where the plurality of browsing statistics include statistics related to the one or more search queries.

13. The device of claim 8, where the plurality of browsing statistics include one or more of:

an amount of time the user viewed each document of the documents accessed, during the plurality of time periods, by the user,

a quantity of terms included in each of one or more search queries provided by the user, or

a quantity of the one or more search queries associated with each time period of the plurality of time periods.

14. The device of claim 8, where, when providing the information associated with the plurality of browsing statistics and the information associated with the plurality of time periods, the one or more processors are to:

provide, for display to the user, a graphical depiction of the plurality of browsing statistics and the information associated with the plurality of time periods.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

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

provide, to a user, information associated with a plurality of browsing statistics associated with a first client device and information associated with a plurality of time periods,

the plurality of browsing statistics being different from browsing statistics associated with a second, different client device, and

the plurality of browsing statistics being determined based on information associated with documents accessed, during the plurality of time periods, by the user;

receive information identifying a selection, by the user, of a particular browsing statistic, of the plurality of browsing statistics, and a particular time period, of the plurality of time periods;

modify, based on the particular browsing statistic and the particular time period, a ranking of search results to form modified search results,

the search results being associated with a search query received from the user, and

the ranking of the search results being based on the search query; and

provide the modified search results for display to the user.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the one or more instructions to provide the information associated with the plurality of browsing statistics and the information associated with the plurality of time periods include:

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

provide, at a time specified by the user, the information associated with the plurality of browsing statistics and the information associated with the plurality of time periods based on the user having performed a particular action.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the instructions further comprise:

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

determine, based on the plurality of browsing statistics, one or more of;

a frequency at which one or more documents, of the documents accessed by the user, were accessed by the user during the plurality of time periods, or

one or more trends associated with user accessing the documents during the plurality of time periods; and

where the one or more instructions to provide the information associated with the plurality of browsing statistics and the information associated with the plurality of time periods include;

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

provide, for display, one or more of;

 

information identifying the frequency at which one or more documents, of the documents accessed by the user, were accessed by the user during the plurality of time periods, or

 

information identifying the one or more trends.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the documents accessed, during the plurality of time periods, by the user include documents associated with one or more search queries associated with the user, and

where the plurality of browsing statistics include statistics related to the one or more search queries.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the plurality of browsing statistics include one or more of:

an amount of time the user viewed each document of the documents accessed, during the plurality of time periods, by the user,

a quantity of terms included in each of one or more search queries provided by the user, or

a quantity of the one or more search queries associated with each time period of the plurality of time periods.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the one or more instructions to provide the information associated with the plurality of browsing statistics and the information associated with the plurality of time periods include:

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

provide, for display to the user, a graphical depiction of the plurality of browsing statistics and the information associated with the plurality of time periods,

where the graphical depiction includes one or more of;

a pie chart, or

a graph.