Method for searching media

• US 9,015,159 B1
• Filed: 09/14/2012
• Issued: 04/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Page, Lawrence E.
• Primary Examiner(s): BURKE, JEFF A
• Application Number:
  US13/617,351
• Time in Patent Office: 949 Days
• Field of Search: 707/736
• US Class Current: 707/736
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9558 Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements

Abstract

Data sets representing published items are input, for example, scanned-in or sent electronically, and stored in a searchable database. Each data set includes text from at least one published item. Responsive to the search query, a search engine searches for and identifies relevant web pages and data sets representing published items and ranked characterizations are returned for the relevant web pages and published items. An electronic path may be provided with the published item. The electronic path may be a hyperlink from a characterization of a relevant published item to a more complete electronic representation of the relevant published item. Publishers may provide authorization to display copyrighted materials through a permission protocol.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by one or more devices, a document associated with a first user,

the document having a plurality of portions of data;

providing, by the one or more devices and for presentation via a user interface, the document to the first user;

receiving, by the one or more devices and from the first user, information designating a first viewing mode or a second viewing mode for each of the plurality of portions,

the first viewing mode, for a first portion of the plurality of portions, indicating that the first portion is not viewable by one or more second users,

the second viewing mode, for a second portion of the plurality of portions, indicating that the second portion is viewable by the one or more second users, and

the first portion being visually distinguished, within the user interface, from the second portion based on the first portion being designated for the first viewing mode and the second portion being designated for the second viewing mode;

storing, by the one or more devices, the information designating the first viewing mode or the second viewing mode in association with each of the plurality of portions,

information designating the first viewing mode being stored in association with the first portion, and

information designating the second viewing mode being stored in association with the second portion;

receiving, by the one or more devices and from a second user of the one or more second users, a request for the document;

modifying, by the one or more devices, the document to make the first portion not viewable to the second user while making the second portion viewable to the second user when the document is rendered for display to the second user; and

providing, by the one or more devices, the modified document for display to the second user.

2. The method of claim 1, where providing the document for presentation to the first user via the user interface includes:

associating, when the document is provided for presentation within the user interface, the first portion with a first color and the second portion with a second color that differs from the first color based on the first portion being designated for the first viewing mode and the second portion being designated for the second viewing mode.

3. The method of claim 1, where receiving the information designating the first viewing mode or the second viewing mode for each of the plurality of portions includes:

receiving identification of the second portion, and

identifying, as the first portion, one or more of the plurality of portions that differ from the second portion.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the first user, information identifying content that is not included in the document,

where modifying the document includes;

selectively;

replacing the first portion with the content, or

including, in the modified document, a link to the content.

5. The method of claim 4, where the first portion includes a first advertisement, and

where the content includes a second advertisement that differs from the first advertisement.

6. The method of claim 1, where the request for the document is received from the second user based on the document being identified to the second user in a set of search results.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the first user, information identifying a time period,

where providing the modified document for display to the second user includes;

determining that the request for the document is received during the time period; and

providing, for display to the second user, the modified document based on the request for the document being received during the time period,

the document, and not the modified document, being provided for display to the second user when the request for the document is received outside of the time period.

8. A system comprising:

one or more devices, implemented at least partially in hardware, to;

receive a document including a plurality of portions,

provide, for presentation via a user interface, the document to a first user,

receive, from the first user, information designating a first viewing mode for a first portion of the plurality of portions and information designating a second viewing mode for a second portion of the plurality of portions,

the first viewing mode, for the first portion of the plurality of portions, indicating that the first portion is not viewable by one or more second users,

the second viewing mode, for the second portion of the plurality of portions, indicating that the second portion is viewable by the one or more second users, and

the first portion being visually distinguished, within the user interface, from the second portion based on the first viewing mode being designated for the first portion and the second viewing mode being designated for the second portion,

store the information designating the first viewing mode in association with the first portion and the information designating the second viewing mode in association with the second portion,

receive, from a second user of the one or more second users, a request for the document, and

provide, the second portion, and not the first portion, for display to the second user based on;

the stored information designating the first viewing mode,

the stored information designating the second viewing mode, and

the request.

9. The system of claim 8, where the one or more devices are further to:

authenticate the first user,

determine, based on authenticating the first user, that the document is associated with the first user, and

provide the document for presentation to the first user, via the user interface, based on determining that the document is associated with the first user.

10. The system of claim 8, where the one or more devices, when receiving the information designating the first viewing mode and the information designating the second viewing mode, are further to:

receive identification of the second portion, and

identify, as the first portion, any of the plurality of portions that differ from the second portion.

11. The system of claim 8, where the one or more devices are further to:

receive information identifying content that is not included in the document,

where the one or more devices, when providing the second portion for display to the second user, are further to;

provide, for display with the second portion, the content that is not included in the document.

12. The system of claim 11, where the first portion includes a first advertisement, and

where the content, that is not included in the document, includes a second advertisement that differs from the first advertisement.

13. The system of claim 8, where the one or more devices are further to

receive, from the first user, information identifying a time period,

where the one or more devices, when providing the second portion, and not the first portion, for display to the second user, are further to:

determine that the request for the document was received during the time period; and

provide, for display to the second user, the second portion, and not the first portion, based on the request for the document being received during the time period,

the one or more devices providing, for display to the second user, the first portion and the second portion when the request for the document is received outside of the time period.

14. The system of claim 8, where the one or more devices, when receiving, from the first user, the information designating the first viewing mode and the information designating the second viewing mode, are further to:

receive, from the first user, first information identifying a particular portion of the plurality of portions, and

receive, from the first user, second information designating one of the first viewing mode or the second viewing mode to be associated with the particular portion.

15. A method comprising:

receiving, by one or more devices, a document associated with a first user,

the document including a plurality of portions;

providing, by the one or more devices and for presentation via a user interface, the document to the first user;

receiving, by the one or more devices and from the first user, information designating a first viewing mode or information designating a second viewing mode for the plurality of portions,

the first viewing mode, for a first portion of the plurality of portions, indicating that the first portion is viewable by a second user based on whether a criterion is satisfied,

the second viewing mode, for a second portion of the plurality of portions, indicating that the second portion is viewable by the second user regardless of whether the criterion is satisfied, and

the first portion being visually distinguished, within the user interface, from the second portion based on the first viewing mode being designated for the first portion and the second viewing mode being designated for the second portion;

storing, by the one or more devices, the information designating the first viewing mode or the information designating the second viewing mode in association with each of the plurality of portions,

the information designating the first viewing mode being stored in association with the first portion, and

the information designating the second viewing mode being stored in association with the second portion;

receiving, by the one or more devices and from the second user, a request for the document based on selection of information identifying the document from information identifying one or more documents,

the information identifying the one or more documents being provided for display to the second user based on a search query submitted by the second user,

the one or more documents including the document;

determining, by the one or more devices, whether the criterion is satisfied based on receiving the request; and

selectively providing, by the one or more devices and based on whether the criterion is satisfied, the document or a modified document for display to the second user,

the document being provided when the criterion is satisfied,

the first portion and the second portion being viewable, within the document, when the document is rendered for display to the second user, or the modified document being provided when the criterion is not satisfied,

the second portion and not the first portion being viewable, within the modified document, when the modified document is rendered for display to the second user.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving, from the first user, data identifying a fee associated with accessing the first portion,

where determining whether the criterion is satisfied includes;

determining whether the criterion is satisfied based on whether the second user has paid the fee.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving, from the first user, data identifying a time period,

where determining whether the criterion is satisfied includes;

determining whether the criterion is satisfied based on whether the request for the document is received during the time period.

18. The method of claim 15, where providing the document for presentation to the first user via the user interface includes:

associating, when the document is provided for presentation within the user interface, the first portion with a first color and the second portion with a second color that differs from the first color based on the first portion being designated for the first viewing mode and the second portion being designated for the second viewing mode.

19. The method of claim 15, where:

the document is accessible by the second user via a first network address;

the modified document is accessible by the second user via a second network address, and

selectively providing the document or the modified document for display to the second user includes;

providing the first network address, and not the second network address, to the second user when the criterion is satisfied, and

providing the second network address, and not the first network address, to the second user when the criterion is not satisfied.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving, from the first user, information identifying content that is not included in the document,

where the modified document includes at least one of;

the content, or

a link to the content.