Ad-hoc queries integrating usage analytics with search results

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10089311-B2
Application number	US-201514974776-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2015
Priority date	Nov 2, 2011
Publication date	Oct 2, 2018
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018

Abstract

Search results returned by ad hoc queries integrate search results with usage analytics calculated from collected usage information for a system, such as a content management system. In response to receiving a query, the query is submitted to the system to obtain search results. Information from the usage analytics is integrated with the obtained search results. A search index of the system may include all/portion of the usage analytics such that the obtained results from the system may already be integrated with the usage analytics. The system is configurable such that users of the system may configure the usage events that are used to collect the usage information. The users may also configure parameters relating to the usage events and when/how the collected information is stored. The usage analytics may also be used to filter, collapse and boost different items in the search results.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for integrating usage analytics with search results for a system, comprising:
receiving search results for a system; determining usage analytics, including:
identifying a plurality of usage events,
configuring at least one of the plurality of usage events by defining at least one usage event option associated with the at least one of the usage events, wherein the configuration determines what usage information is to be received in response to an occurrence of the at least one of the usage events,
in response to the occurrence of the at least one of the plurality of usage events, receiving the usage information based on the configuration of the at least one usage event, and determining, based on analyzing the usage information, the usage analytics, integrating the usage analytics with the search results; and
causing the integrated usage analytics to be presented with the search results.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein defining the at least one usage event option comprises receiving a previously identified usage event to define the usage event option associated with the identified usage event.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one usage event option includes at least one of the following: event name, count type, time option, lifetime option, weight option, aggregation option, trim options, search options, configurable options, or user-defined options.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein a weight option for a usage event can be determined by establishing at least one of: a recommendation weight or a population weight.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining an aggregation mechanism for the at least one usage event option.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein using the usage information to produce the usage analytics comprises determining at least one of the following: popular content, related content, personalized content, newly added content, recommend content, and profitable content.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a subset of usage event options configurable for adjustment by a plurality of users.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the determining the subset of usage event options configurable for adjustment by the plurality of users comprises determining an authorization level for each user in the plurality of users.

9. A computer-readable storage device having computer-executable instructions for integrating usage analytics with search results for a system, comprising:
receiving search results for a system; determining usage analytics, including:
identifying a plurality of usage events,
configuring at least one of the usage events by defining one or more usage event options associated with the at least one of the plurality of usage events, wherein the configuration determines whether content related to an occurrence of the at least one configured usage event is included in the usage analytics,
in response to the occurrence of the at least one of the plurality of usage events, receiving the usage information defined in the configuration of the at least one usage event, and
determining, based on analyzing the usage information, the usage analytics, and

integrating the usage analytics with the search results; and
causing the integrated usage analytics to be presented with the search results.

10. The computer-readable storage device of claim 9 , wherein defining the at least one usage event option comprises receiving a previously identified usage event to define the usage event option associated with the identified usage event.

11. The computer-readable storage device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one usage event option includes at least one of the following: event name, count type, time option, lifetime option, weight option, aggregation option, trim options, search options, configurable options, or user-defined options.

12. The computer-readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein a weight option for the usage event can be determined by establishing at least one of: a recommendation weight or population weight.

13. The computer-readable storage device of claim 9 , further comprising determining an aggregation mechanism for the at least one usage event option.

14. The computer-readable storage device of claim 9 , further comprising determining a storage structure for data in a search index of the usage event.

15. The computer-readable storage device of claim 9 , further comprising determining a subset of usage event options configurable for adjustment by a plurality of users.

16. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , wherein the determining the subset of usage event options configurable for adjustment by the plurality of users comprises determining an authorization level for each user in the plurality of users.

17. A system for integrating usage analytics with search results for a system, comprising:
an analytics engine that is configured to create usage analytics from usage information collected from users; and
at least one processor;
memory, operatively connected to the at least one processor and containing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
receiving search results for a system; determining usage analytics, including:
identifying a plurality of usage events,
configuring at least one of the plurality of usage events by defining one or more usage event options associated with the at least one of the plurality of usage events, wherein the configuration determines whether content related to an occurrence of the at least one configured usage event is included in usage analytics,
receiving usage information based on the configuration of the at least one usage event, and
determining, based on analyzing the usage information, the usage analytics,

integrating the usage analytics with the search results; and
causing the integrated usage analytics to be displayed with the search results.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the method further comprises trimming the usage event from a plurality of usage events.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the method further comprises aggregating the at least one usage event information at a predetermined period.

20. The system of claim 17 , further comprising an application programming interface, the application programming interface configured to define a new usage event with a previously defined usage event.

Assignees

• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Eidesen Dag Steinnes
• Fanaru Adrian
• Hatakeda Darrin
• Fan John D
• Wang Vegar
• Mikalsen Krister
• Mortensen Magnus

Classifications

• G06F17/30312

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30864

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30554

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30038 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F16/951 Primary

  Indexing; Web crawling techniques · CPC title