Sharing public search queries and interactions
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1. A system for sharing information, comprising:
- a feed generator configured to receive a query, input by a user, having one or more query terms, and generate a topic feed including the one or more query terms from the received query;
a feed distributor component configured to access a topic data store to identify recipients, other than the user, to which the topic feed is to be distributed, and distribute the topic feed to the identified recipients, wherein the distributed topic feed displays the one or more query terms and identifies the user that input the query; and
a search component configured to submit the query to a search engine to execute the query against a data store, receive search results corresponding to the query, from the search engine, and provide the search results to the user.
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Abstract
When a user enters an information retrieval query, a topic feed generator automatically generates a topic feed for publication or distribution to a set of followers or recipients who have elected to receive the topic feed from the user or based on the subject matter content of the query. A feed distributor component automatically distributes the topic feed, which includes the query, to the identified recipients. A search component executes the search and returns results, corresponding to the query, to the user.
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1. A system for sharing information, comprising:
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a feed generator configured to receive a query, input by a user, having one or more query terms, and generate a topic feed including the one or more query terms from the received query; a feed distributor component configured to access a topic data store to identify recipients, other than the user, to which the topic feed is to be distributed, and distribute the topic feed to the identified recipients, wherein the distributed topic feed displays the one or more query terms and identifies the user that input the query; and a search component configured to submit the query to a search engine to execute the query against a data store, receive search results corresponding to the query, from the search engine, and provide the search results to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for sharing information, comprising:
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a feed generator configured to receive a query, input by a user, and generate a topic feed including one or more query terms identified from the received query, wherein the feed generator generates the topic feed to include a selectable link to the query that is displayed in the topic feed in association with an identification of the user from which the query was received, the link being selectable for actuation from the topic feed displayed to a recipient; a feed distributor component configured to access a topic data store to identify recipients to which the topic feed is to be distributed, and distribute the topic feed to the identified recipients for display of the one or more query terms to the identified recipients; and a search component configured to submit the query to a search engine to execute the query against a data store, receive search results corresponding to the query, from the search engine, and provide the search results to the user. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of sharing search information, comprising:
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generating a user interface display that is displayed to a first user and includes a query receiving area for receiving a query from the first user and a public stream area, displayed along with the query receiving area, indicative of queries input by other users, other than the first user, the public stream area including posts, wherein each post represents one of the queries as a selectable component that is selectable by the first user to obtain information for the query represented by the post, the post having a user identifier portion that identities another user, other than the first user, that input the query represented by the post, and the post displaying one or more query terms that were input by the other user; identifying a particular one of the selectable components that is actuated by a given user; and generating an updated user interface display in which the public stream area displays an indication that the given user has actuated the particular selectable component. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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