System and Methods Thereof for Enhancing a User's Search Experience

• US 20110307463A1
• Filed: 06/09/2011
• Published: 12/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyperquery LLC (Jeffrey M. Gross)
• Original Assignee: DoAT Media Ltd.
• Inventors: Kasterstein, Rami, Ben-David, Amihay
• Granted Patent: US 9,323,844 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/706
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/34 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/43 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/487 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/489 using time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A method for enhancing web search experience of users. The method comprises selecting at least one resource from a plurality of resources to respond to an input query received from a user on a user device; sending the input query to the selected at least one resource; designating a unique display segment within a display area on the user device, wherein each display segment corresponds to each of the selected at least one resource; causing the selected at least one resource to respond to the input query within the corresponding unique display segment; and establishing a direct communication between each of the selected at least one resource and the user device for at least enabling, in response to the query, interaction of the selected at least one resource with the user within the unique display segment corresponding to the selected resource.

Claims

1. A method for enhancing search experience of users, comprising:

selecting at least one resource from a plurality of resources to respond to an input query received from a user on a user device;

sending the input query to the selected at least one resource;

designating a unique display segment within a display area on the user device, wherein each display segment corresponds to each of the selected at least one resource;

causing the selected at least one resource to respond to the input query within the corresponding unique display segment; and

establishing a direct communication between each of the selected at least one resource and the user device for at least enabling, in response to the query, interaction of the selected at least one resource with the user within the unique display segment corresponding to the selected resource.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the unique display segment is one of:

a browser, an application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user device is any of:

a personal computer (PC), a notebook computer, a tablet computer, a smart phone, and a mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the input query comprises at least a search term.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the input query further comprises an operator followed by at least a metadata.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the at least a metadata is used for selecting the at least one resource from a plurality of resources.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a first mini-display segment over a display segment, the first mini-display segment being an application of a first display segment not shown in the display area.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

displaying a second mini-display segment over a display segment, the second mini-display segment being an application of a second display segment not shown in the display area.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first mini-display segment and the second mini-display segment are displayed as a slider function, thereby enabling the display of mini-display segments on the user device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein each mini-display segment includes an icon for providing a user'"'"'s feedback on the displayed information.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

ranking the selected at least one resource for display on the user device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein ranking the selected at least one resource is performed based on collection of data from previous searches that is at least one of:

an explicit feedback and an implicit feedback.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing at least metadata respective of an experience classification.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of resources include at least web search engines, vertical comparison engines, servers of content providers, and servers of content publishers.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the servers of content providers and servers of content publishers can execute web applications and communicate with native applications installed on the user device.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein enabling the interaction of the selected at least one resource with the user in the unique display segment further comprises:

enabling the transfer by the selected at least one resource of executable code to the unique display segment.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the executable code causes to at least one of:

the activation of at least one native application in the unique display segment, rendering of a search result web page as generated by a web search engine in the unique display segment, and rendering of a web page results from processing performed by a web application in the unique display segment.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for causing one or more processing units to execute the method according to claim 1.

19. A system for enhancing search experience of users, comprising:

a database containing information respective of a plurality of resources and metadata respective of an experience classification;

an interface for receiving a query from a user device;

a computing unit for;

selecting which resources of the at least one resource is capable of responding to the query, opening a display area on the user device containing at least a display segment and associating the at least display segment with one of the selected at least one resource, and establishing a direct communication between the selected at least one resource and the user device for at least enabling interaction of the selected at least one resource with the user within the at least display segment corresponding to the selected resource; and

an interface for sending search terms of the query to the selected at least one resource, wherein the selected at least one resource interacts with the user in response to the query.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the display segment is any of:

a browser, an application.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the user device is one of:

a personal computer (PC), a notebook computer, a tablet computer, a smartphone, and a mobile device.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein the query comprises at least a search term.

23. The system of claim 19, wherein the query further comprises an operator followed by at least metadata.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the at least metadata is used for the selecting of at least a resource from a plurality of resources of information.

25. The system of claim 19, wherein the system causes the display of a first mini-display segment over a display segment, the first mini-display segment being an application of a first display segment not shown in the display area.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the system causes the display of a second mini-display segment over a display segment, the second mini-display segment being an application of a second display segment not shown in the display area.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the first mini-display segment and the second mini-display segment are displayed as a slider function, thereby enabling the display of mini-display segments on the display of the user device.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein each mini-display segment includes an icon for providing a user'"'"'s feedback to the displayed information.

29. The system of claim 23, wherein responsive of the query at least metadata respective of an experience classification is provided by the system.

30. The system of claim 19, wherein the plurality of resources include at least web search engines, vertical comparison engines, servers of content providers, and servers of content publishers.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein the computing unit is configured to enable the interaction by causing the selected at least one resource to transfer executable code of to the at least display segment.

32. The system of claim 30, wherein the wherein the executable code causes to at least one of:

the activation of at least one native application in the at least one display segment, rendering of a search result web page as generated by a web search engine in the at least one display segment, and rendering of a web page results from processing performed by a web application in the at least one display segment.

33. The system of claim 19, where in the computing unit further ranks the selected at least one resource for display on the user device.

34. The system of claim 33, wherein the computing unit ranks the selected at least one resource is based on collection of data from previous searches that is at least one of:

an explicit feedback and an implicit feedback.