Presenting search results according to query domains
First Claim
1. A method of presenting search results in response to a query on behalf of a user of a device having a processor and a display, the method comprising:
- executing on the processor instructions configured to;
execute the query on at least one search engine to generate a plurality of search results;
for respective search results generated by the at least one search engine;
compute a search result relevance score for the search result;
identify at least one topic semantically associated with the search result,identify a topic type of the at least one topic;
identify at least one distinctive characteristic of the search result; and
associating the search result with the identified topic type according to the at least one identified distinctive characteristic by evaluating the search result with a classifier configured to identify the topic types of a search result having the at least one distinctive characteristic;
for respective topic types, compute a topic type relevance score of the topic type based on the relevance scores of the search results associated with the topic type; and
present on the display;
a plurality of topic type groups respectively representing a topic type and comprising a plurality of search results semantically associated with at least one topic of the topic type, the topic type groups sorted in descending order by the relevance scores of the search results within the topic type group, the groups comprising tabs in a tabbed user interface; and
within respective topic type groups, the search results semantically associated with at least one topic of the topic type sorted in descending order by the search result relevance scores.
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Abstract
A query may be applied against search engines that respectively return a set of search results relating to various items discovered in the searched data sets. However, presenting numerous and varied search results may be difficult on mobile devices with small displays and limited computational resources. Instead, search results may be associated with search domains representing various information types (e.g., contacts, public figures, places, projects, movies, music, and books) and presented by grouping search results with associated query domains, e.g., in a tabbed user interface. The query may be received through an input device associated with a particular input domain, and may be transitioned to the query domain of a particular search engine (e.g., by recognizing phonemes of a voice query using an acoustic model; matching phonemes with query terms according to a pronunciation model; and generating a recognition result according to a vocabulary of an n-gram language model.)
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17 Claims
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1. A method of presenting search results in response to a query on behalf of a user of a device having a processor and a display, the method comprising:
executing on the processor instructions configured to; execute the query on at least one search engine to generate a plurality of search results; for respective search results generated by the at least one search engine; compute a search result relevance score for the search result; identify at least one topic semantically associated with the search result, identify a topic type of the at least one topic; identify at least one distinctive characteristic of the search result; and associating the search result with the identified topic type according to the at least one identified distinctive characteristic by evaluating the search result with a classifier configured to identify the topic types of a search result having the at least one distinctive characteristic; for respective topic types, compute a topic type relevance score of the topic type based on the relevance scores of the search results associated with the topic type; and present on the display; a plurality of topic type groups respectively representing a topic type and comprising a plurality of search results semantically associated with at least one topic of the topic type, the topic type groups sorted in descending order by the relevance scores of the search results within the topic type group, the groups comprising tabs in a tabbed user interface; and within respective topic type groups, the search results semantically associated with at least one topic of the topic type sorted in descending order by the search result relevance scores. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system configured to present search results in response to a query on behalf of a user of a device having a display and a memory, the system comprising:
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a query executor comprising instructions stored in the memory that, when executed on the processor, cause the device to execute the query on at least one search engine to generate one a plurality of search results; a topic type associator comprising instructions stored in the memory that, when executed on the processor, cause the device to, for respective search results generated by the at least one search engine; compute a search result relevance score for the search result; identify at least one topic semantically associated with the search result; identify a topic type of the at least one topic; identify at least one distinctive characteristic of the search result; and associate the search result with the identified topic type according to the at least one identified distinctive characteristic by evaluating the search result with a classifier configured to identify the topic types of a search result having the at least one distinctive characteristic; for respective topic types, compute a topic type relevance score of the topic type based on the relevance score of the search results associated with the topic type; and a search result presenter comprising instructions stored in the memory that, when executed on the processor, cause the device to present on the display; a plurality of topic type groups respectively representing a topic type and comprising a plurality of search results semantically associated with at least one topic of the topic type, the groups sorted in descending order by the relevance scores of the search results associated with the topic type group, the groups comprising tabs in a tabbed user interface; and within respective topic type groups, the search results semantically associated with at least one topic of the topic type sorted in descending order by the search result relevance scores.
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