Dynamic inference graph

• US 9,342,607 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2013
• Issued: 05/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Annau, Thomas M., Lindahl, Gregory B., Makonnen, Samuel, Markson, Michael, Peters, Keith, Saliba, Robert Michael, Sary, Al, Skrenta, Rich, Swartz, Dan, Truel, Robert N., Walters, Timothy
• Primary Examiner(s): Gorney, Boris
• Assistant Examiner(s): LIN, ALLEN S
• Application Number:
  US13/873,376
• Publication Number:
  US 20130238588A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,113 Days
• Field of Search: 707/708
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3334 Selection or weighting of terms from queries, including natural language queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9536 Search customisation based on social or collaborative filtering
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results

Abstract

A search engine system, including a slashtag server configured to detect at least one key word in a search query and generate an alternative search query from the at least one key word, the alternative search query being based at least on computing an intermediary search of a plurality of characters from the at least one key word as the plurality of characters are being typed by a user, and for use in searching unaltered internet documents. Also a web server that may be configured to generate a first search result based on the alternative search query and cause display of the first search result in a web browser.

Claims

1. A search engine system, comprising:

a slashtag server, in communication with a web server, the slashtag server having a hardware processor, the slashtag server having memory storing instructions configured to cause the slashtag server to;

receive a search query input from a user regarding an internet search;

detect at least one key word in the search query;

wherein the key word includes a plurality of characters;

beginning as each character is being input by the user, and for each of the characters input by the user;

search the internet using the key word, such that a different search query is performed for each of the characters input by the user, and

analyze results of the different search queries to determine a relevant filter criteria in the results;

generate an alternative search query based on the relevant filter criteria; and

send the web server the alternative search query, wherein the alternative search query includes a search operator wrapped in a predetermined syntax and inserted by the slashtag server, and wherein a last entered key word of the at least one key word input by the user is removed such that it is not included in the alternative search query sent to the web server; and

the web server configured to,

receive the alternative search query;

generate a first search result of an internet search based on the alternative search query; and

cause display of the first search result in a web browser, wherein the display of the first search result includes a link for causing generation of a second search result, wherein the second search result is based on the search query input from the user including the last entered key word and without the search operator added by the slashtag server.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the alternative search query includes a slashtag filter.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the slashtag server search is computed based on content of the slashtag server search result being compressed, wherein being compressed includes abbreviating and omitting parts of each entry in an intermediary search result.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the compressed content of the slashtag server search result is computed by omitting URL path information.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the slashtag server search is computed from a database of previously queried search results.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the slashtag server search is computed by using autosuggest to guess the at least one key word as the plurality of characters are being typed by the user.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the slashtag server search is computed simultaneously as the user types in the plurality of characters of the at least one keyword.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the slashtag server search is computed using anchortext to replace one or more terms of content in an intermediary search result.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the web server is further configured to:

detect a selection of the link to the second search result;

generate the second search result based on the at least one key word in the search query; and

display the second search result in the web browser.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the first search result and the second search result are displayed next to each other on the same web page.

11. A method for processing content to be displayed, comprising:

via a slashtag server in communication with a web server,

receiving a search query of characters from a user;

detecting at least one key word in the search query;

for each character that is input by the user,

searching the internet using the key word, such that a different search query is performed for each of the characters input by the user,

analyzing the results of the different search queries to determine a relevant filter criteria in the results;

generating an alternative search query based at least on the relevant filter criteria; and

sending the alternative search query to the web server, wherein the alternative search query includes a search operator wrapped in a predetermined syntax and inserted by the slashtag server, and wherein a last entered key word of the at least one key word input by the user is removed such that it is not included in the alternative search query sent to the web server;

via the web server,

receiving the alternative search query from the slashtag server;

generating a first search result from an internet search based on the alternative search query; and

causing display of the first search result in a web browser, wherein the display of the first search result includes a link for causing generation of a second search result, wherein the second search result is based on the search query input from the user including the last entered key word and without the search operator added by the slashtag server.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the alternative search query includes a slashtag filter.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the slashtag server search is computed by compressing content of an intermediary search result, wherein compressing includes abbreviating and omitting parts of each entry in the intermediary search result.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the compressed content of the slashtag server search result is computed by omitting URL path information.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the slashtag server search is computed from a database of previously queried search results.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the slashtag server search is computed by using autosuggest to guess the at least one key word as the plurality of characters are being typed by the user.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the slashtag server search is computed simultaneously as the user types in the plurality of characters of the at least one keyword.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the slashtag server search is computed using anchortext to replace one or more terms of content in an intermediary search result.

19. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

detecting a selection of the link to the second search result;

generating the second search result based on the at least one key word in the search query; and

displaying the second search result in the web browser.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the first search result and the second search result are displayed next to each other on the same web page.

21. A search engine system comprising:

a slashtag server in communication with the internet and a web server, the slashtag server having a hardware processor, the slashtag server having memory storing instructions configured to cause the slashtag server to;

receive a search query from a user via the internet;

detect at least one key word in the search query;

search the internet based on the key word;

analyze search results of the internet search and determine a slashtag filter for the search; and

generate an alternative search query, based on the slashtag filter, wherein the alternative search query includes a search operator wrapped in a predetermined syntax and inserted by the slashtag server, and wherein a last entered key word of the at least one key word received from the user is removed such that it is not included in the alternative search query;

send the alternative search query to the web server; and

the web server configured to,

receive the alternative search query;

generate a first search result based on the alternative search query; and

cause display of the first search result in the web browser, wherein the display of the first search result includes a link for causing generation of a second search result, wherein the second search result is based on the search query input from the user including the last entered key word and without the search operator added by the slashtag server.