Determination of a desired repository for retrieving search results

• US 9,639,579 B2
• Filed: 07/27/2015
• Issued: 05/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Angelo, Michael, Braginsky, David, Ginsberg, Jeremy, Tong, Simon
• Primary Examiner(s): Ruiz, Angelica
• Application Number:
  US14/809,811
• Publication Number:
  US 20150331868A1
• Time in Patent Office: 645 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation

Abstract

A system receives a search query from a user and searches a group of repositories, based on the search query, to identify, for each of the repositories, a set of search results. The system also identifies one of the repositories based on a likelihood that the user desires information from the identified repository and presents the set of search results associated with the identified repository.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, a search query;

receiving, by the one or more processors, additional information;

identifying, by the one or more processors, a plurality of repositories, where each repository includes a different type of data of a plurality of types of data;

applying, by the one or more processors and based on the search query and the additional information, a model to each repository of the plurality of repositories;

receiving, by the one or more processors, a score for each repository, wherein receiving the score for each repository is based on applying the model to each repository based on the search query and the additional information;

searching, by the one or more processors and based on the score for each repository, at least one of the plurality of repositories, based on the search query; and

providing, by the one or more processors, information from more than one of the plurality of repositories, providing the information comprising;

providing first information from a first repository of the more than one of the plurality of repositories,

the first information being associated with search results of a first type; and

providing second information from a second repository of the more than one of the plurality of repositories,

the second information being associated with a link to search results of a second type.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting the at least one of the plurality of repositories based on the score satisfying a threshold,

where searching the at least one of the plurality of repositories includes;

searching the selected at least one of the plurality of repositories.

3. The method of claim 1, where the additional information includes at least one of:

Internet Protocol (IP) address information,

cookie information,

language information, or

geographical information.

4. The method of claim 1, where the information is provided in a search results document, and the method includes:

positioning, in the search results document, the information based on a respective score for each repository of the more than one of the plurality of repositories.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating the model based on information associated with log data,

the information associated with the log data being formed in triples.

6. The method of claim 1, where the information is provided in a search results document and wherein providing the second information includes providing the second information in the search results document instead of the search results of the second type.

7. The method of claim 1, where the information is provided in a search results document, and the method includes:

positioning, in the search results document, the first information above the second information;

wherein positioning the first information above the second information is based on the score for the first repository and the score for the second repository.

8. A device comprising:

a memory to store instructions; and

a processor to execute the instructions to;

receive a search query;

receive additional information;

identify a plurality of repositories, where each repository includes a different type of data of a plurality of types of data;

apply, based on the search query and the additional information, a model to each repository of the plurality of repositories;

receive a score for each repository, wherein receiving the score for each repository is based on applying the model to each repository based on the search query and the additional information;

search, based on the score for each repository, at least one of the plurality of repositories based on the search query; and

provide information from more than one of the plurality of repositories, wherein the processor, in providing the information, is to;

provide first information from a first repository of the more than one of the plurality of repositories,

the first information being associated with search results of a first type; and

provide second information from a second repository of the more than one of the plurality of repositories,

the second information being associated with a link to search results of a second type.

9. The device of claim 8, where the processor is further to:

select the at least one of the plurality of repositories based on the score satisfying a threshold,

where the processor, when searching the at least one of the plurality of repositories, is to;

search the selected at least one of the plurality of repositories.

10. The device of claim 8, where the additional information includes at least one of:

Internet Protocol (IP) address information,

cookie information,

language information, or

geographical information.

11. The device of claim 8, where the information is provided in a search results document, and the processor is further to:

position, in the search results document, the information based on a respective score for each repository of the more than one of the plurality of repositories.

12. The device of claim 8, the processor is further to:

generate the model based on information associated with log data, the information associated with the log data being formed in triples.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

receive a search query;

receive additional information;

identify a plurality of repositories, where each repository includes a different type of data of a plurality of types of data;

apply, based on the search query and the additional information, a model to each repository of the plurality of repositories;

receive a score for each repository, wherein receiving the score for each repository is based on applying the model to each repository based on the search query and the additional information;

search, based on the score for each repository, the at least one of the plurality of repositories based on the search query; and

provide information from more than one of the plurality of repositories, wherein the one or more instructions to provide the information include one or more instructions to;

provide first information from a first repository of the more than one of the plurality of repositories,

the first information being associated with search results of a first type; and

provide second information from a second repository of the more than one of the plurality of repositories,

the second information being associated with a link to search results of a second type.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, where the instructions further include:

one or more instructions to select the at least one of the plurality of repositories based on the score satisfying a threshold,

where the one or more instructions to search the at least one of the plurality of repositories include;

one or more instructions to search the selected at least one of the plurality of repositories.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, where the information is provided in a search results document, and the instructions further include:

one or more instructions to position, in the search results document, the information based on a respective score for each repository of the more than one of the plurality of repositories.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, where the instructions further include:

one or more instructions to generate the model based on information associated with log data,

the information associated with the log data being formed in triples.