Host-based intelligent results related to a character stream

• US 9,852,126 B2
• Filed: 05/01/2015
• Issued: 12/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Mehanna, Lara, Hasan, Shawkat, Vandermolen, Harmannus, Campbell, Gerald
• Primary Examiner(s): Swearingen, Jeffrey R
• Application Number:
  US14/702,598
• Publication Number:
  US 20150347380A1
• Time in Patent Office: 970 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2453 Query optimisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2455 Query execution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24553 of query operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3322 using system suggestions G06F16/3325 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols

Abstract

Information may be presented to a user by using a first application to receive a character stream of one or more noncompletion characters. The noncompletion characters indicate that additional characters may be received. The character stream is exchanged with a host that analyzes the character stream to generate results that are responsive to the user'"'"'s predicted interest. Results are received and displayed so that the user may select one of the results to launch a code segment related to the selected result.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a character stream of non-completion characters input by a user;

initiating, using at least one processor, a search query using the character stream of non-completion characters;

identifying search results resulting from the search query;

modifying, using the at least one processor, the identified search results to tailor the search results based on contextual information from a user profile of the user; and

providing, for display to the user, the modified search results prior to input of a completion character by the user.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising analyzing the character stream of non-completion characters in relation to the user profile to determine a predicted interest of the user.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising ranking a relevancy of the identified search results based on the user profile of the user.

4. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein modifying the identified search results comprises organizing the identified search results in a manner that one or more search results that relate to the contextual information from the user profile are provided for display to the user before one or more search results that are not related to the contextual information from the user profile.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

determining, based on the user profile, a geographic location associated with the user; and

identifying one or more search results that relate to the geographic location.

6. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein modifying the identified search results comprises organizing the identified search results in a manner that the one or more search results that relate to the geographic location are provided for display to the user before one or more search results that are not related to the geographic location.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

analyzing the identified search results to determine a user interest; and

updating the user profile based on the determined user interest.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising receiving the character stream of non-completion characters in a text entry field of a web page loaded by a web browser.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising receiving an indication of a selection by the user of a search result from the modified search results provided for display to the user.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause a computer system to:

receive a character stream of non-completion characters input by a user;

initiate a search query using the character stream of non-completion characters;

identify search results resulting from the search query;

modify the identified search results to tailor the search results to based on contextual information from a user profile of the user; and

provide, for display to the user, the modified search results prior to input of a completion character by the user.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium recited in claim 10, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computer system to rank a relevancy of the identified search results based on the user profile of the user.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium recited in claim 11, wherein modifying the identified search results comprises organizing the identified search results in a manner that one or more search results that relate to the contextual information from the user profile are provided for display to the user before one or more search results that are not related to the contextual information from the user profile.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium recited in claim 10, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computer system to:

determine, based on the user profile, a geographic location associated with the user; and

identify one or more search results that relate to the geographic location.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium recited in claim 13, wherein modifying the search results comprises organizing the search results in a manner that the one or more search results that relate to the geographic location are provided for display to the user before one or more search results that are not related to the geographic location.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium recited in claim 10, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computer system to analyze the search results to determine a user interest.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium recited in claim 15, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computer system to update the user profile based on the determined user interest.

17. A system, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to;

receive a character stream of non-completion characters input by a user;

initiate a search query using the character stream of non-completion characters;

identify search results resulting from the search query;

modify the identified search results to tailor the search results to based on contextual information from a user profile of the user; and

provide, for display to the user, the modified search results prior to input of a completion character by the user.

18. The system as recited in claim 17, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to rank a relevancy of the identified search results based on the user profile of the user.

19. The system as recited in claim 18, wherein modifying the identified search results comprises organizing the search results in a manner that one or more search results that relate to the contextual information from the user profile are provided for display to the user before one or more search results that are not related to the contextual information from the user profile.

20. The system as recited in claim 19, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:

analyze the identified search results to determine a user interest; and

update the user profile based on the determined user interest.