Modular search object framework

• US 9,830,388 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2014
• Issued: 11/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Excalibur IP, LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Inventors: Andress, Scott Richard, Hepworth, Guy, Coelho, Rafael Vasconcellos, Barkema, Carrie Christina Merry, Poon, Andrew, Grass, Vanessa Ilona, Wai, Conrad, Bhattacharjee, Arnabnil, Lee, Ivan Young, Gupta, Abhay Kumar, Korn, Alicia, Zhao, Yihong, de Barros Chapiewski, Guilherme, Plasmeier, Michael Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): Nabi, Reza
• Application Number:
  US14/266,548
• Publication Number:
  US 20150317365A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,308 Days
• Field of Search: 707822, 715240, 715864
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90324 using system suggestions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/295 Named entity recognition

Abstract

A modular search object framework provides modular search results including entity and non-entity search results. The framework includes circuitry that outputs an interactive entity section based on an online search. The interactive section includes a plurality of moveable visual objects, such as cards that can be shuffled, flipped, or swiped around.

Claims

1. A system stored in a non-transitory medium executable by processor circuitry, comprising:

a plurality of module circuitry, wherein the plurality of circuitry includes entity graphical user interface (GUI) module circuitry;

inter-module interface circuitry configured to communicatively couple at least the entity GUI circuitry to one or more other circuitry of the plurality of module circuitry;

a plurality of entity circuitry; and

inter-framework interface circuitry configured to communicatively couple at least one entity circuitry of the plurality of entity circuitry to the entity GUI module circuitry, wherein the entity GUI module circuitry is configured to interact with the at least one entity module to output an interactive entity section to a page view in response to a search query,

wherein the interactive section includes a plurality of moveable visual objects with information relevant to an entity corresponding to the at least one entity circuitry, the plurality of moveable visual objects being moveable within the interactive entity section, wherein each entity circuitry of the plurality of entity circuitry is a person entity circuitry, a place entity circuitry, a thing entity circuitry, or any combination thereof, wherein the moveable visual objects are cards, wherein a card of the cards includes a miniature tray of miniature cards within the card, and wherein the miniature cards include information relevant to the entity.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising framework circuitry comprising the plurality of module circuitry, the inter-module interface circuitry, the plurality of entity circuitry, and the inter-framework interface circuitry.

3. The system of claim 2, further comprising network communications circuitry communicatively coupled to the framework circuitry, wherein the network communications circuitry is configured to communicatively couple the system to a client device over a network, and wherein the entity section is displayed via a client-side application installed on the client device.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein movement by an object of the plurality of moveable objects is seamless without unintentional visual artifacts, due to close coupling of client-side

circuitry of the framework circuitry and native operating system circuitry of the client device, circuitry of the client-side application, or both.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the framework circuitry further comprises inter-entity interface circuitry configured to communicatively couple at least one of the plurality of entity circuitry to one or more other of the plurality of entity circuitry.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein each module circuitry of the plurality of module circuitry includes corresponding user interface circuitry, configuration circuitry, analytic circuitry, data processing circuitry, data storage circuitry, data retrieval circuitry, navigation circuitry, or any combination thereof.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the cards have rounded corners.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the entity is a first entity and the entity section is a first entity section, and wherein at least one of the plurality of moveable visual objects includes at least one link to a second entity section corresponding to a second entity.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein a first object of the moveable visual objects is overlapping a second object of the moveable objects.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein at least the first overlapping object of the

moveable visual objects is moveable to view at least part of the second object of the moveable visual objects beneath the first object.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one object of the moveable visual objects is adjacent to one other object of the moveable objects.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one object of the moveable visual objects is abutting one other object of the moveable objects.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein at least part of the information relevant to the entity on at least one of the moveable objects is information predicted, by analytic circuitry of the system, to be information intended to be viewed by an audience member of the entity section.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the analytic circuitry is configured to use machine learning to determine the predicted information according to historical online user interaction data, and wherein the historical online user interaction data includes data pertaining to clicks, searches, dwell times, or any combination thereof.