MOBILE SEARCH RESULT CLUSTERING

• US 20070061303A1
• Filed: 05/10/2006
• Published: 03/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Blue Hills Series 95 of Allied Security Trust I (Allied Security Trust)
• Original Assignee: Jumptap Incorporated (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ramer, Jorey, Doughty, Dennis, Soroca, Adam
• Application Number:
  US11/382,637
• Publication Number:
  US 20070061303A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

Improved capabilities are disclosed for receiving a search query from a mobile communication facility and presenting at least one search result category to the mobile communication facility. In embodiments, search categories may be associated with a search vertical, and may use any number of categories or characteristics. Search categories may be sorted based on relevancy or based on other criteria. A search category may be associated with a hyperlink or a graphic icon in exemplary embodiments.

Claims

1. A method of grouping mobile search results comprising:

receiving a search query from a mobile communication facility; and

presenting at least one search result category to the mobile communication facility.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication facility is a phone.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one search result category is based on a taxonomy.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one search result category is based on a taxonomy.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one search result category is associated with a search vertical.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the search vertical is general search.

38. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one search result category is associated with a hyperlink.

40. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one search result category includes a numeral indicating the number of search results received for that category.

41. The method of claim 1, wherein the presentation is sorted based on a relevancy to the search term.

42. The method of claim 41, wherein the relevancy is based at least in part on information relating to past user content interactions.

43. The method of claim 41, wherein the relevancy is explicitly defined.

44. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one search result category presented to the mobile communication facility are categories containing the greatest number of results.

45. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one search result category presented to the mobile communication facility contain a reduced number of results within each category.

46. The method of claim 45, wherein the reduced number of results displayed is proportionate to the total number of search results from each category.

47. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one search result category includes a title.

48. The method of claim 47, wherein the title is associated with a hyperlink.

49. The method of claim 48, wherein clicking on the hyperlink displays the results for that category.

50. The method of claim 48, wherein clicking on the hyperlink further segments the search results associated with the category title into subcategories.

51. The method of claim 47, wherein the title is not a hyperlink when a text of the title is identical to a text of the search query.

3-6. -6. (canceled)

11-37. -37. (canceled)

39. (canceled)

52. A system of grouping mobile search results comprising:

a receiving facility adapted to receive a search query from a mobile communication facility; and

a presenting facility adapted to present at least one search result category to the mobile communication facility.

53-102. -102. (canceled)