Search results summarized with tokens

• US 10,216,831 B2
• Filed: 05/19/2010
• Issued: 02/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Excalibur IP, LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Inventors: Murdock, Vanessa Graham
• Primary Examiner(s): Featherstone, Mark D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gmahl, Navneet
• Application Number:
  US12/782,999
• Publication Number:
  US 20110289080A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,205 Days
• Field of Search: 707725-730
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3328 using graphical result space presentation or visualisation

Abstract

In one embodiment, a first computing device accesses a first search query issued by a user and one or more first documents identified in response to the first search query; determines a first set of tokens for each of the first documents; and transmits the first documents and their associated first sets of tokens to a second computing device associated with the user for display to the user, wherein: each of the first documents is displayed together with its associated first set of tokens; and the tokens of each of the first sets of tokens are visually distinguished based on the concepts they represent and their levels of relevance with respect to the first document associated with the first set of tokens.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a computing device, one or more signals, the one or more signals comprising;

search results comprising links to one or more documents identified in response to a first search query; and

a first set of tokens for a first document, of the one or more documents, comprising one or more tokens determined based, at least in part, on;

a relationship for individual ones of the first set of tokens with respect to the first search query and the first document based, at least in part, on a measure of importance with respect to the first document wherein the measure of importance for a particular token is determined based, at least in part on at least one of;

a population of a particular location at least partially in response to determining that the particular token refers to the particular location,

a relative recency of an occurrence of a particular event at least partially in response to determining that the particular token refers to the particular event,

a level of fame of a particular person at least partially in response to determining that the particular token refers to the particular person, or any combination thereof;

wherein the individual ones of the first set of tokens comprise one or more words or numbers extracted from content displayed for the first document or from other content relating to the content displayed for the first document;

displaying, via a display device, a link to the first document and the first set of tokens based, at least in part, on one or more represented concepts or one or more levels of relevance with respect to the first document, wherein at least one token of the first set of tokens is visually distinguished from other tokens of the first set of tokens via at least one characteristic;

transmitting an interaction between a user and an individual one of the first set of tokens; and

constructing a second search query comprising the first search query and the one of the tokens with which the user has engaged in the interaction, identifying one or more second documents for the second search query, determine a second set of tokens for the second documents, and processing one or more links to the second documents and an associated second sets set of tokens received for display to the user.

2. The method recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first token is visually distinguished from the other ones of the first set of tokens by:

displaying the at least one of the first token or the second token with one or more colors, one or more of the one or more colors to represent a different category of concepts; and

displaying the at least one of the first token or the second token with one or more font sizes, one or more of the one or more font sizes to indicate a level of relevance that individual ones of the first set of tokens have with respect to the first document.

3. The method recited in claim 1, wherein the first document and at least one of the second documents comprise the same document.

4. The method recited in claim 3, wherein the first set of tokens and the second set of tokens comprise one or more same tokens.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein

one or more tokens are extracted from the first document;

and

a level of relationship for the extracted one or more tokens with respect to the search query is determined.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein a concept represented by the one or more extracted token is identified, and a level of importance for the one or more extracted tokens is determined with respect to the first document.

7. A system, comprising:

a memory to store executable instructions; and

one or more processors capable of executing the instructions to;

process one or more signals to be received at a computing device, the one or more signals to comprise;

search results to comprise links to one or more documents to be identified in response to a first search query; and

a first set of tokens for a first document, of the one or more documents, to comprise one or more tokens based, at least in part, on;

a relationship for the individual ones of the first set of tokens with respect to the first search query and the first document to be based, at least in part, on a measure of importance with respect to the first document, wherein the measure of importance for a particular token is to be determined based, at least in part on at least one of;

a population of a particular location at least partially in response to a determination that the particular token refers to the particular location,

a relative recency of an occurrence of a particular event at least partially in response to a determination that the particular token refers to the particular event,

a level of fame of a particular person at least partially in response to a determination that the particular token refers to the particular person, or any combination thereof;

wherein the individual ones of the first set of tokens to comprise one or more words or numbers to be extracted from content to be displayed for the first document or from other content to be related to the content to be displayed for the first document;

display, via a display device, a link to the first document and the first set of tokens to be based, at least in part, on one or more represented concepts or one or more levels of relevance with respect to the first document, wherein at least one token of the first set of tokens is to be visually distinguished from other tokens of the first set of tokens via at least one characteristic

transmit an interaction between a user and an individual one of the first set of tokens; and

construct a second search query comprising the first search query and the one of the tokens with which the user has engaged in the interaction, identifying one or more second documents for the second search query, determine a second set of tokens for the second documents, and processing one or more links to the second documents and an associated second sets set of tokens received for display to the user.

8. The system recited in claim 7,

the individual ones of the first set of tokens are to be capable of being displayed with one or more colors, the one or more of the colors to represent a different category of concepts;

and

the tokens are to be capable of being displayed with one or more font sizes, the one or more of the font sizes to indicate a level of relevance of the tokens with respect to the first document.

9. The system recited in claim 7, wherein the first document and one of the second documents are to comprise the same document.

10. The system recited in claim 9, wherein the first set of tokens and the second set of tokens are to comprise one or more same tokens.

11. One or more computer-readable tangible storage media to store instructions executable by one or more computing devices to:

process one or more received signals, the one or more received signals to comprise;

search results to comprise links to one or more documents to be identified in response to a first search query; and

a first set of tokens for a first document, of the one or more documents, to comprise one or more tokens to be based, at least in part, on;

a relationship for individual ones of the first set of tokens with respect to the first search query and the first document to be based, at least in part, on a measure of importance with respect to the first document, wherein the measure of importance for a particular token is to be determined based, at least in part on at least one of;

a population of a particular location at least partially in response to a determination that the particular token refers to the particular location,

a relative recency of an occurrence of a particular event at least partially in response to a determination that the particular token refers to the particular event,

a level of fame of a particular person at least partially in response to a determination that the particular token refers to the particular person, or any combination thereof;

wherein the individual ones of the first set of tokens to comprise one or more words or numbers to be extracted from content to be displayed for the first document or from other content to be related to the content to be displayed for the first document;

display, via a display device, a link to the first document and the first set of tokens to be based, at least in part, on one or more represented concepts or one or more levels of relevance with respect to the first document, wherein at least one token of the first set of tokens is to be visually distinguished from other tokens of the first set of tokens via at least one characteristic;

initiate transmission of an interaction between a user and an individual one of the first set of tokens; and

construct a second search query comprising the first search query and the one of the tokens with which the user has engaged in the interaction, identifying one or more second documents for the second search query, determine a second set of tokens for the second documents, and processing one or more links to the second documents and an associated second sets set of tokens received for display to the user.

12. The one or more computer-readable tangible storage media recited in claim 11, wherein

the individual ones of the first set of tokens are to be capable of being displayed with one or more colors, the one or more of the colors to represent a category of concepts;

and

the individual ones of the first set of tokens are to be capable of being displayed with one or more font sizes, the one or more of the font sizes to indicate a level of relevance of the tokens with respect to the first document.

13. The one or more computer-readable tangible storage media recited in claim 11, wherein the first document and one of the second documents are to comprise the same document.

14. The one or more computer-readable tangible storage media recited in claim 13, wherein the first set of tokens and the second set of tokens are to comprise one or more same tokens.