Personalized network searching

• US 8,015,170 B2
• Filed: 04/08/2008
• Issued: 09/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Badros, Gregory Joseph, Lawrence, Stephen
• Primary Examiner(s): LEWIS, CHERYL RENEA
• Application Number:
  US12/099,583
• Publication Number:
  US 20080215553A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,246 Days
• Field of Search: 707/769, 707/706, 705/10, 705/14.4, 709/203
• US Class Current: 707/706
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36003 of motor muscles, e.g. for walking assistance
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36017 with leads or electrodes penetrating the skin
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36021 for treatment of pain
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36057 adapted for stimulating afferent nerves
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36071 Pain
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9536 Search customisation based on social or collaborative filtering
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

Personalized network searching, in which a search query is received from a user, and a request is received to personalize a search result. Responsive to the search query and the request to personalize the search result, a personalized search result is generated by searching a personalized search object. Responsive to the search query, a general search result is generated by searching the general search object. The personalized search result and the general search result are provided to a client device, an advertisement is selected based at least in part upon the personalized search object, and the advertisement, the personalized search result, and the general search result are displayed.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a client device configured to;

receive a search query from a user, and

display an advertisement, a personalized search result, and a general search result; and

a server device configured to;

receive the search query from the client device,

receive a request from the client device to personalize a search result,

responsive to the search query and the request to personalize the search result, generate the personalized search result by searching a personalized search object,

responsive to the search query, generate a general search result by searching the general search object,

provide the personalized search result and the general search result to the client device,

select the advertisement based at least in part upon the personalized search object, and

provide the advertisement for display.

2. A device comprising:

a storage medium configured to provide an association of a term and a primary resource identifier, the association input by a user;

a processor configured to determine whether a search query matches the term; and

an interface configured to;

receive the search query input from the user, and

if the search query matches the term, present the primary resource identifier without initiating a search, and

if the search query does not match the term, initiate a search and present a search result based on the search query.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the primary resource identifier is in a form of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

4. The device of claim 2, wherein:

the interface is further configured to;

output a resource corresponding to the primary resource identifier, and

receive a user selection of a control while the resource is being output, thereby associating the term with the primary resource identifier.

5. The device of claim 2, wherein the term is in a form of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

6. The device of claim 2, further comprising:

a user interface configured to receive a user input associating the term and the primary resource identifier through a selection of a control.

7. The device of claim 6,

wherein the user interface presents first and second text boxes, and

wherein the user input associating the term and the primary resource identifier comprises an entry of the term in the first text box, an entry of the primary resource identifier in the second text box, and the selection of the control.

8. The device of claim 2, wherein the search query is received in an address field of a browser.

9. The device of claim 2, wherein the search query is received in a search field of a browser.

10. The device of claim 2, wherein the association of the term and the primary resource identifier is specific to the user.

11. The device of claim 2, wherein the association of the term and the primary resource identifier is not common to all users of a search engine.

12. The device of claim 2, wherein, if the search query matches the term, the interface presents a resource associated with the primary resource identifier without initiating a search.

13. A computer program product, tangibly embodied on a machine readable medium, the computer program product comprising instructions that, when read by a machine, operate to cause data processing apparatus to:

store, in a bookmark database, resource identifiers identified by a user;

store personalized annotations for the resource identifiers in the bookmark database, the personalized annotations input by the user;

receive a search query from the user;

generate separate result sets based on searching a global index, the resource identifiers, and the annotations, in parallel, using the search query;

combine the separate result sets into a final result set; and

output the final result set.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising instructions to:

store personalized ratings for the resource identifiers in the bookmark database, the personalized ratings input by the user,

wherein the separate result sets are generated further based on searching the global index, the resource identifiers, the annotations, and the ratings, in parallel, using the search query.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein combining the separate result sets further comprises filtering the separate result sets.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein combining the separate result sets further comprises ranking the final result set.

17. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein combining the separate result sets further comprises marking the final result set.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein marking the final result set further comprises marking a resource in the final result set if the resource is included in two or more of the separate result sets.

19. A device comprising:

an interface configured to receive a signal from a user identifying a resource identifier as significant; and

a processor configured to;

determine whether the identified resource identifier has been saved in a bookmark database associated with the user,

determine whether the user has previously accessed the resource identifier, if the identified resource identifier has not been saved in the bookmark database,

assign a rating to the resource identifier if the user has not previously accessed the resource identifier,

increase the rating if the user has previously accessed the resource identifier,

determine whether the rating exceeds a threshold, and

mark the resource identifier as a favorite resource in the bookmark database if the rating exceeds the threshold.

20. The device of claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to increase the rating if the user has accessed the resource locator for more than a predetermined period of time.

21. The device of claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to identify the resource identifier in a result set of a search.

22. The device of claim 21, wherein the processor is further configured to mark the identified resource identifier based on the rating.

23. The device of claim 21, wherein the processor is further configured to sort the identified resource identifier based on the rating.

24. The device of claim 21, wherein the processor is further configured to exclude the identified resource identifier from the result set based on the rating.