Methods and systems for presenting document-specific snippets

• US 9,081,831 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Hannan, Kerry L., Xian, Junli, Rohrs, Christopher H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Stevens, Robert
• Application Number:
  US13/831,247
• Publication Number:
  US 20150169702A1
• Time in Patent Office: 852 Days
• Field of Search: 707/722
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

The present disclosure describes systems and methods for presenting document-specific snippets for documents in site-specific search results. One example method according to the present disclosure includes determining a set of documents that are responsive to a search query, the set of documents including (i) a first document and (ii) a second document that is referenced by the first document, identifying a set of representative keywords associated with the second document, identifying a snippet that (i) is associated with the second document, and (ii) includes one or more terms from the set of representative keywords, and providing a search results page that identifies the first document, the second document, and the snippet.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving a search query including one or more query terms;

obtaining a set of documents that are identified as responsive to a search query, the set of documents including (i) a first document comprising a home page for a site, and (ii) a second document on the site that is linked to by the first document;

identifying a set of representative keywords that are (i) associated with the second document and (ii) not included among the query terms;

obtaining (i) a snippet for the first document, that includes one or more of the query terms, and (ii) a snippet for the second document that is linked to by the first document, that includes one or more terms from the set of representative keywords;

generating a combined search result for both the first document and the second document that is linked to by the first document, wherein the combined search result includes the snippet for the first document and the snippet for the second document; and

providing a search results page that includes the combined search result in response to the search query.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining an additional snippet that (i) is associated with the first document, and (ii) includes one or more terms of the search query, wherein the provided search results page further identifies the additional snippet.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of representative keywords comprises text from a title of the second document.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating an alternate title for the second document, wherein the set of representative keywords comprises text from the alternate title of the second document.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of documents responsive to the search query includes a set of site-navigational search results including a main document and one or more sub-documents, and the first document is the main document and the second document is one of the one or more sub-documents.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the snippet includes identifying a portion of the second document that is relevant to the set of representative keywords.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the snippet also includes at least a portion of the search query.

8. A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions for causing one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving a search query including one or more query terms;

obtaining a set of documents that are identified as responsive to a search query, the set of documents including (i) a first document comprising a home page for a site, and (ii) a second document on the site that is linked to by the first document;

identifying a set of representative keywords that are (i) associated with the second document and (ii) not included among the query terms;

obtaining (i) a snippet for the first document, that includes one or more of the query terms, and (ii) a snippet for the second document that is linked to by the first document, that includes one or more terms from the set of representative keywords;

generating a combined search result for both the first document and the second document that is linked to by the first document, wherein the combined search result includes the snippet for the first document and the snippet for the second document; and

providing a search results page that includes the combined search result in response to the search query.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, the operations further comprising:

obtaining an additional snippet that (i) is associated with the first document, and (ii) includes one or more terms of the search query, wherein the provided search results page further identifies the additional snippet.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the set of representative keywords comprises text from a title of the second document.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, the operations further comprising:

generating an alternate title for the second document, wherein the set of representative keywords comprises text from the alternate title of the second document.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the set of documents responsive to the search query includes a set of site-navigational search results including a main document and one or more sub-documents, and the first document is the main document and the second document is one of the one or more sub-documents.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein obtaining the snippet includes identifying a portion of the second document that is relevant to the set of representative keywords.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the snippet also includes at least a portion of the search query.

15. A system, comprising:

memory operable to store a business process; and

at least one hardware processor interoperably coupled to the memory and operable to;

receive a search query including one or more query terms;

obtain a set of documents that are identified as responsive to a search query, the set of documents including (i) a first document comprising a home page for a site, and (ii) a second document on the site that is linked to by the first document;

identify a set of representative keywords that are (i) associated with the second document and (ii) not included among the query terms;

obtain (i) a snippet for the first document, that includes one or more of the query terms, and (ii) a snippet for the second document that is linked to by the first document, that includes one or more terms from the set of representative keywords;

generate a combined search result for both the first document and the second document that is linked to by the first document, wherein the combined search result includes the snippet for the first document and the snippet for the second document; and

provide a search results page that includes the combined search result in response to the search query.

16. The system of claim 15, the processor further operable to:

obtain an additional snippet that (i) is associated with the first document, and (ii) includes one or more terms of the search query, wherein the provided search results page further identifies the additional snippet.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the set of representative keywords comprises text from a title of the second document.

18. The system of claim 15, the processor further operable to:

generate an alternate title for the second document, wherein the set of representative keywords comprises text from the alternate title of the second document.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the set of documents responsive to the search query includes a set of site-navigational search results including a main document and one or more sub-documents, and the first document is the main document and the second document is one of the one or more sub-documents.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein obtaining the snippet includes identifying a portion of the second document that is relevant to the set of representative keywords.