SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEARCHING DATABASES BY SOUND INPUT

• US 20120030199A1
• Filed: 08/23/2010
• Published: 02/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Soundhound AI IP LLC
• Original Assignee: SoundHound Incorporated
• Inventors: Mohajer, Keyvan
• Granted Patent: US 8,694,534 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/723
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3334 Selection or weighting of terms from queries, including natural language queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0256 User search

Abstract

Systems and methods for searching databases by sound data input are provided herein. A service provider may have a need to make their database(s) searchable through search technology. However, the service provider may not have the resources to implement such search technology. The search technology may allow for search queries using sound data input. The technology described herein provides a solution addressing the service provider'"'"'s need, by giving a search technology that furnishes search results in a fast, accurate manner. In further embodiments, systems and methods to monetize those search results are also described herein.

Claims

1. A method for searching a database, the method comprising:

receiving the database from a service provider by a database upload via a network, the database having one or more records, the one or more records comprising at least one field;

processing the one or more records of the database based on the at least one field;

receiving a search query via the network, the search query comprising search parameters of the at least one field of the one or more records of the processed database, the search query provided by sound data input from an end user;

determining one or more search results in the processed database, based upon the search parameters of the search query; and

transmitting for display the one or more search results to the end user via the network.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the processed database.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the search query comprises text.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the search query comprises spoken words.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the search query comprises an image.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the database based on the at least one field further comprises processing the database to produce phonetic data for each of the one or more records of the database.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining one or more search results in the processed database comprises matching the search parameters with the at least one field of the one or more records of the database.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving account information from the service provider, the account information comprising authentication information, billing information and contact information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one field comprises at least one of a destination web address field, a record description field, a record image field, and a record rich content field.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one field comprises ranking priority based on a desired search result order.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising organizing the one or more search results based upon the ranking priority.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the search query includes a command and the method further comprises performing a search action of the database based upon the command.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving data from the service provider to add, delete, or modify the one or more records in the database.

14. A system for searching a database, the system comprising:

a communications module configured to receive the database from a service provider by a database upload via a network, the database having one or more records, the one or more records comprising at least one field; and

a processor for executing instructions stored in memory to;

process the one or more records of the database based on the at least one field;

receive a search query via the network, the search query comprising search parameters of the at least one field of the one or more records of the processed database, the search query provided by sound data input by an end user;

determine one or more search results in the processed database, based upon the search parameters of the search query; and

transmit for display the one or more search results to the end user via the network.

15. A method for providing one or more search results, the method comprising:

receiving a search query via a network, the search query comprising one or more query chunks of at least one field of the one or more records of a processed database, the search query provided by sound data input from an end user,

determining the one or more search results in the processed database, based upon the one or more query chunks of the search query;

selectively transmitting for display in real time to the end user, via the network, one or more fields of the one or more search results; and

selectively transmitting for display in real time to the end user, via the network, one or more additional fields of the one or more search results.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the selectively transmitted field or fields of the one or more search results comprise text.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the additional field or fields of the one or more search results comprise one or more images.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the additional field or fields of the one or more search results comprise rich content.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the one or more search results are organized in a search result list.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein each of the one or more search results are rendered to the end user one by one.

21. The method of claim 15, wherein transmitting for display in real time to the end user, via the Internet service, the additional fields of the one or more search results further comprise:

transmitting rich content of the one or more search results while the selectively transmitted field or fields of the one or more search results is displayed to the end user; and

displaying the rich content of the one or more search results to the end user, after the selectively transmitted field or fields of the one or more search results has been displayed to the end user.

22. A system for providing one or more search results, the system comprising:

a communications module configured to receive a search query via a network, the search query comprising one or more query chunks of at least one field of the one or more records of a processed database, the search query provided by sound data input from an end user; and

a processor for executing instructions stored in memory to;

determine the one or more search results in the processed database, based upon the one or more query chunks of the search query;

selectively transmit for display in real time to the end user, via the network, one or more fields of the one or more search results; and

selectively transmit for display in real time to the end user, via the network, one or more additional fields of the one or more search results.

28. The method of claim 22, wherein the advertisement results are targeted based on a current search result, user demographics, user interest, activity history of a user on the Internet service, or any combination thereof.

23. A method for providing advertising in one or more search results, the method comprising:

receiving the database from the at least one service provider by a database upload via a network, the database having one or more records, the one or more records comprising at least one field;

processing the one or more records of the database based on the at least one field;

receiving a search query via the network, the search query comprising search parameters of the at least one field of the one or more records of the processed database, the search query provided by sound data input from an end user;

determining one or more search results in the processed database, based upon the search parameters of the search query;

searching an advertisement database based upon the search query or the one or more determined search results;

generating one or more advertisement results across the one or more application verticals, based upon the search of the advertisement database;

transmitting for display the one or more search results to the end user via the network; and

transmitting for display the one or more advertisement results via the network, the one or more advertisement results being associated with the one or more search results.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the method further comprises organizing the one or more advertisement results based upon a bid value associated with each advertisement result.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein the search history comprises the search parameters of the search query.

26. The method of claim 23, wherein the search history comprises search parameters from all search queries associated with a single service provider.

27. The method of claim 23, wherein the search history comprises search parameters from all search queries associated with a plurality of service providers.

29. A system for providing advertising in one or more search results, the system comprising:

a network comprising at least one service provider and one or more end users; and

a server coupled to the network and configured to;

receive a database from the at least one service provider by a database upload via a network, the database having one or more records, the one or more records comprising at least one field;

process the one or more records of the database based on the at least one field;

receive a search query via the network, the search query comprising search parameters of the at least one field of the one or more records of the processed database;

the search query provided by sound data input from an end user;

determine one or more search results in the processed database, based upon the search parameters of the search query;

search an advertisement database based upon the search query or the one or more determined search results;

generate one or more advertisement results across the one or more application verticals, based upon the search of the advertisement database;

transmit for display the one or more search results to the end user via the network; and

transmit for display the one or more advertisement results via the network, the one or more advertisement results being associated with the one or more search results.