Assistive browsing using context

• US 10,503,733 B2
• Filed: 10/13/2015
• Issued: 12/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Bakir, Gokhan H., Behzadi, Behshad, Nowak-Przygodzki, Marcin M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly, Cheyne D
• Application Number:
  US14/881,336
• Publication Number:
  US 20160103876A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,519 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24534 Query rewriting; Transformation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a query provided by a user and comprising one or more terms. Obtaining context data based on at least a portion of a first resource displayed to the user at a time that the query is received. Obtaining a revised query that is based on the query and the context data. Receiving a plurality of search results responsive to the revised query. Automatically, selecting a search result that represents a second resource from the plurality of search results, and providing the second resource for display to the user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method executed by a search system, the method comprising:

receiving, by the search system, from a user device, an original query and a first resource address, the original query comprising one or more terms, the first resource address being a resource address of a first resource that was displayed on the user device when the original query was submitted by the user device to the search system;

obtaining, by the search system, context data including content that is retrieved from the first resource using the first resource address;

obtaining, by the search system, a revised query that is based on the original query and the context data displayed on the user device;

obtaining, by the search system, a plurality of search results that satisfy the revised query;

automatically selecting, by the search system, from the plurality of search results that satisfy the revised query, a single search result representing a second resource that is a single resource; and

automatically providing, by the search system, the second resource for display on the user device as an entire response to the original query.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the single search result is selected at least partially in response to determining that a domain from which the second resource originates is the domain from which the first resource originates.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the single search result is selected at least partially in response to determining that the first resource comprises a link to the second resource.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the second resource for display comprises providing the second resource for display by a web browser executed by the user device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the second resource for display on the user device comprises providing instructions to cause a web browser on the user device to open a tab and display the second resource in the tab.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining a revised query comprises:

providing the original query and the context data to a query revision engine; and

receiving the revised query from the query revision engine.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein, in the revised query, an original term in the original query is replaced by a revision term from the content of the context data.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the original term is a pronoun and the revision term is a noun.

7. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a computer-readable medium coupled to the one or more processors having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;

receiving, by a search system, from a user device, an original query and a first resource address, the original query comprising one or more terms, the first resource address being a resource address of a first resource that was displayed on the user device when the original query was submitted by the user device to the search system;

obtaining, by the search system, context data including content that is retrieved from the first resource using the first resource address;

obtaining, by the search system, a revised query that is based on the original query and the context data displayed on the user device;

obtaining, by the search system, a plurality of search results that satisfy the revised query;

automatically selecting, by the search system, from the plurality of search results that satisfy the revised query, a single search result representing a second resource that is a single resource; and

automatically providing, by the search system, the second resource for display on the user device as an entire response to the original query.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the single search result is selected at least partially in response to determining that a domain from which the second resource originates is the domain from which the first resource originates.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the single search result is selected at least partially in response to determining that the first resource comprises a link to the second resource.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein providing the second resource for display comprises providing the second resource for display by a web browser executed by the user device.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein providing the second resource for display on the user device comprises providing instructions to cause a web browser on the user device to open a tab and display the second resource in the tab.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein obtaining a revised query comprises:

providing the original query and the context data to a query revision engine; and

receiving the revised query from the query revision engine.

20. The system of claim 7, wherein, in the revised query, an original term in the original query is replaced by a revision term from the content of the context data.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the original term is a pronoun and the revision term is a noun.

23. The system of claim 20, wherein the original term is a pronoun and the revision term is a noun.

13. A computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program comprising instructions that, when executed, operate to cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by a search system, from a user device, an original query and a first resource address, the original query comprising one or more terms, the first resource address being a resource address of a first resource that was displayed on the user device when the original query was submitted by the user device to the search system;

obtaining, by the search system, context data including content that is retrieved from the first resource using the first resource address;

obtaining, by the search system, a revised query that is based on the original query and the context data displayed on the user device;

obtaining, by the search system, a plurality of search results that satisfy the revised query;

automatically selecting, by the search system, from the plurality of search results that satisfy the revised query, a single search result representing a second resource that is a single resource; and

automatically providing, by the search system, the second resource for display on the user device as an entire response to the original query.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the single search result is selected at least partially in response to determining that a domain from which the second resource originates is the domain from which the first resource originates.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the single search result is selected at least partially in response to determining that the first resource comprises a link to the second resource.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein providing the second resource for display comprises providing the second resource for display by a web browser executed by the user device.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein providing the second resource for display on the user device comprises providing instructions to cause a web browser on the user device to open a tab and display the second resource in the tab.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein, in the revised query, an original term in the original query is replaced by a revision term from the content of the context data.