PROVIDING SEARCH RESULTS USING AUGMENTED SEARCH QUERIES

• US 20140280089A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Moxley, Emily, Liu, Sean
• Granted Patent: US 10,055,462 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/723
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3325 Reformulation based on results of preceding query
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for updating a set of results. In some implementations, a search query associated with an entity reference is received. The entity reference corresponds to one or more distinct entities. A set of results for the search query is provided, and the set of results distinguishes between distinct entities. One or more attributes for at least one entity of the one or more distinct entities are identified based at least in part on the set of results. One or more additional search queries are identified based on the search query, the at least one entity, and the one or more attributes. An input selecting at least one of the additional search queries is received. An updated set of results is provided based on the selected additional search queries. The updated set of results comprises at least one result not in the set of results.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving a search query associated with an entity reference, wherein the entity reference corresponds to one or more distinct entities;

providing a set of results for the search query wherein the set of results distinguishes between the one or more distinct entities;

identifying one or more attributes of at least one entity of the one or more distinct entities based at least in part on the set of results;

generating one or more additional search queries based on the search query, the at least one entity, and the one or more attributes;

receiving an input selecting at least one of the one or more additional search queries; and

providing an updated set of results based on the selected one or more additional search queries, wherein the updated set of results comprises at least one result not in the set of results.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating one or more additional search queries comprises:

ranking the identified one or more attributes; and

generating one or more additional search queries based on the search query, the at least one entity, the one or more attributes, and the ranking.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the ranking is based on frequency of occurrence.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the ranking is based on a location of each of the one or more attributes with respect to the entity reference in the set of results.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the one or more additional search queries.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying one or more attributes comprises identifying one or more attributes from a structured data source.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the structured data source is a social graph.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the structured data source is a knowledge graph.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying one or more attributes comprises identifying one or more attributes from unstructured data.

14. The system of claim 7, wherein the one or more computers are further configured to perform operations comprising causing to be displayed on a user device the one or more additional search queries.

10. A system comprising one or more computers configured to perform operations comprising:

receiving a search query associated with an entity reference, wherein the entity reference corresponds to one or more distinct entities;

providing a set of results for the search query wherein the set of results distinguishes between distinct entities;

identifying one or more attributes of at least one entity of the one or more distinct entities based at least in part on the set of results

generating one or more additional search queries based on the search query, the at least one entity, and the one or more attributes;

receiving an input selecting at least one of the one or more additional search queries; and

providing an updated set of results based on the selected one or more additional search queries, wherein the updated set of results comprises at least one result not in the set of results.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more computers are further configured to perform operations comprising:

ranking the identified one or more attributes; and

generating one or more additional search queries based on the search query, the at least one entity, the one or more attributes, and the ranking.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the ranking is based on frequency of occurrence.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the ranking is based on a location of each of the one or more attributes with respect to the entity reference in the set of results.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more computers are further configured to perform operations comprising identifying one or more attributes from a structured data source.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the structured data source is a social graph.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the structured data source is a knowledge graph.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more computers are further configured to perform operations comprising identifying one or more attributes from unstructured data.

19. A computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving a search query associated with an entity reference, wherein the entity reference corresponds to one or more distinct entities;

providing a set of results for the search query wherein the set of results distinguishes between the one or more distinct entities;

identifying one or more attributes of at least one entity of the one or more distinct entities based at least in part on the set of results;

generating one or more additional search queries based on the search query, the at least one entity, and the one or more attributes;

receiving an input selecting at least one of the one or more additional search queries; and

providing an updated set of results based on the selected one or more additional search queries, wherein the updated set of results comprises at least one result not in the set of results.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein generating one or more additional search queries comprises:

ranking the identified one or more attributes; and

generating one or more additional search queries based on the search query, the at least one entity, the one or more attributes, and the ranking.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the ranking is based on frequency of occurrence.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the ranking is based on a location of each of the one or more attributes with respect to the entity reference in the set of results.

23. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, further comprising displaying the one or more additional search queries.

24. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein identifying one or more attributes comprises identifying one or more attributes from a structured data source.

25. The computer-readable medium of claim 24, wherein the structured data source is a social graph.

26. The computer-readable medium of claim 24, wherein the structured data source is a knowledge graph.

27. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein identifying one or more attributes comprises identifying one or more attributes from unstructured data.