Method, apparatus and system of processing correlated keywords

• US 9,275,100 B2
• Filed: 12/04/2013
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Xu, Zhan, Wang, Weiwei
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoang, Son T
• Application Number:
  US14/096,862
• Publication Number:
  US 20140089337A1
• Time in Patent Office: 818 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3322 using system suggestions G06F16/3325 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method, an apparatus and a system of processing related keywords. The method includes: receive a primary keyword inputted by a user; form a spliced URL for requesting related keywords based on the primary keyword; establish a link between an embedded window object in a current web page and a server using the URL to obtain the related keywords from the server; the embedded window object creates a keyword list and presents the related keywords in the current web page; and obtain a related keyword selected by the user and instantaneously add the related keyword into an input box.

Claims

1. A method of processing correlated keywords, the method comprising:

providing a web page having a first input box and at least a second input box;

receiving, from a user device associated with a user, a keyword inputted in the first input box;

obtaining, by one or more servers associated with the web page, multiple related keywords that are related to the inputted keyword;

receiving a user selection from the user of a related keyword of the multiple related keywords;

providing a keyword list including the related keyword, wherein the keyword list is created using an embedded window object associated with the second input box;

in response to a receipt of an additional user selection from the user of an additional related keyword of the multiple related keywords;

determining whether the keyword list includes a duplication of the additional related keyword, and

updating the keyword list by adding the additional related keyword into the keyword list in response to;

a determination that a number of keywords existing in the keyword list is not greater than a predetermined value, and

a determination that the keyword list does not already include the additional related keyword, wherein the updating the keyword list comprises;

updating the second input box to include the related keyword; and

adding the additional related keyword to the second input box before the user completes selections of any remaining additional related keywords;

presenting to the user the updated keyword list; and

enabling a search by the user using the updated keyword list.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the embedded window object includes a predetermined height value of the keyword list and an offset that is relative to an input box that presents the keyword list.

3. Server hardware memory encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor of a server, performs acts comprising:

providing a web page having a first input box and at least a second input box;

receiving, from a user device associated with a user, a keyword inputted in the first input box;

obtaining multiple related keywords that are related to the inputted keyword;

receiving a user selection from the user of a related keyword of the multiple related keywords;

providing a keyword list including the related keyword, wherein the keyword list is created using an embedded window object associated with the second input box;

in response to a receipt of an additional user selection from the user of an additional related keyword of the multiple related keywords;

determining a number of keywords existing in the keyword list,

determining whether the keyword list includes a duplication of the additional related keyword, and

updating the keyword list by adding the additional related keyword into the keyword list in response to;

a determination that the number of existing keywords is not greater than a predetermined value, and

a determination that the keyword list does not already include the additional related keyword, wherein the updating the keyword list comprises;

updating the second input box to include the related keyword; and

adding the additional related keyword to the second input box before the user completes selections of any remaining additional related keywords;

presenting to the user the updated keyword list; and

enabling a search by the user using the updated keyword list.

4. The server memory of claim 3, wherein the presenting the updated keyword list comprises presenting the updated keyword list using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

5. The server memory of claim 3, wherein the embedded window object includes a predetermined height value of the keyword list and an offset that is relative to an input box that presents the keyword list.

6. The server memory of claim 3, wherein the presenting the updated keyword list comprises presenting the updated keyword list using a predetermined graphic style.

7. A system for processing correlated keywords, the system comprising:

one or more servers including multiple hardware components including;

an interface unit configured to;

provide a web page having a first input box and at least a second input box;

receive, from a computing device associated with a user, a keyword inputted in the first input box;

obtain multiple related keywords that are related to the keyword; and

receive a selection from the user of a related keyword of the multiple related keywords;

an object processing unit configured to;

provide a keyword list including the related keyword, wherein the keyword list is created using an embedded window object associated with the second input box;

in response to a receipt of an additional user selection from the user of an additional related keyword of the multiple related keywords;

determine a number of keywords existing in the keyword list;

determine whether the keyword list includes a duplication of the additional related keyword; and

update the keyword list by adding the additional related keyword into the keyword list in response to;

a determination that the number of keywords existing in the keyword is not greater than a predetermined value, and

a determination that the keyword list does not already include the additional related keyword, wherein the updating the keyword list comprises;

updating the second input box to include the related keyword; and

adding the additional related keyword to the second input box before the user completes selections of any remaining additional related keywords;

present to the user the updated keyword list via the interface unit; and

enable a search by the user using the updated keyword list.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the presenting the updated keyword list comprises presenting the updated keyword list using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the embedded window object includes a predetermined height value of the keyword list and an offset that is relative to an input box that presents the keyword list.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the presenting the updated keyword list comprises presenting the updated keyword list using a predetermined graphic style.