SEARCH SYSTEM UTILZING PURCHASE HISTORY

• US 20150310120A1
• Filed: 07/10/2015
• Published: 10/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Nuzzi, Frank Anthony
• Application Number:
  US14/796,676
• Publication Number:
  US 20150310120A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting

Abstract

A method for providing a purchase history context search includes receiving at least one search term from a user through an input device. A purchase history for the user is then accessed from at least one purchase history database over a network. A web index that is located on at least one storage device is then accessed. A plurality of search results, each associated with a web page indexed by the web index, are then determined using the at least one search term and the purchase history, each search result including a link to an associated web page. The plurality of search results are then provided for display on a display device.

Claims

1. A user-specific context search result system, comprising:

an input device;

a display device;

a non-transitory memory system storing a calendar of a user; and

one or more hardware processors coupled to the input device, the display device, and the non-transitory memory system, wherein the one or more hardware processors are configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory system to perform the steps of;

receiving, through the input device, at least one search term from the user;

accessing, from at least one calendar database, the calendar of the user;

accessing, on at least one storage device, a search index;

determining, using the at least one search term and information included in the calendar of the user, a plurality of search results that are each associated with a respective network destination that is indexed by the search index and that each include a respective link to the respective network destination; and

providing, on the display device, the plurality of search results for display.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more hardware processors are configured to read instructions from the memory system to perform the steps of:

accessing the at least one calendar database through a network.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of search results is determined using a calendar item that is included in the calendar of the user and that is associated with a future date.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the at least one of the plurality of search results that is determined using the calendar item includes a merchant that is associated with a location that is included in the calendar item.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of search results is determined using a plurality of calendar items that are included in the calendar of the user and that are each associated with a common location.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the plurality of calendar items are each associated with the common location during different time periods in the calendar of the user.

7. A method for providing user-specific context search results, comprising:

receiving, by a search device through an input device, a search query from a user;

accessing, by the search device from at least one schedule database, a schedule of the user;

accessing, by the search device on at least one search provider system, a search provider database;

determining, by the search device using the search query and information included in the schedule of the user, a plurality of search results that are each associated with a respective network location that is stored in the search provider database and that each include a respective pointer to that respective network location; and

providing, by the search device on a display device, the plurality of search results for display.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the search device accesses the at least one schedule database locally on a storage device that is included in the search device.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the search device accesses the at least one schedule database through a network.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein at least one of the plurality of search results is determined using a schedule item that is included in the schedule of the user and that is associated with a future date.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one of the plurality of search results that is determined using the schedule item includes a merchant that is associated with a location that is included in the schedule item.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein at least one of the plurality of search results is determined using a plurality of schedule items that are included in the schedule of the user and that are each associated with a common location.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the plurality of schedule items are each associated with the common location during different time periods in the schedule of the user.

14. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-readable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, are adapted to cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

receiving, through an input device, search instructions from a user;

accessing, from at least one planning database, a plurality of dated plans of the user;

accessing, on at least one storage system, a search database;

determining, using the search instructions and information included in the plurality of dated plans of the user, a plurality of search results that are each associated with a respective network address that is included in the search database and that each include a respective selectable display element that directs to that respective network address; and

providing, on a display device, the plurality of search results for display.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises:

accessing the at least one planning database locally on a storage device.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the wherein the method further comprises:

accessing the at least one planning database through a network.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein at least one of the plurality of search results is determined using at least one of the plurality of dated plans that is associated with a future date.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the at least one of the plurality of search results that is determined using the at least one of the plurality of dated plans includes a merchant that is associated with a location that is included in the at least one of the plurality of dated plans.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein at least one of the plurality of search results is determined using two or more of the plurality of dated plans that are each associated with a common location.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the two or more of the plurality of dated plans are each associated with the common location during different time periods.