Method and system for providing recommended terms

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10423664-B2
Application number	US-201715436633-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 17, 2017
Priority date	Jul 29, 2013
Publication date	Sep 24, 2019
Grant date	Sep 24, 2019

Abstract

Embodiments of the present application relate to a method, a system, and a computer program product for providing recommended terms. A method for providing recommended terms is provided. The method includes determining a search query input by a user and an input time point when the search query was input, determining whether the input time point falls within a time range preset within a current time period, if the input time point falls within the time range preset within the current time period, determining whether the search query is present in a word bank preset for the time range, and if the search query is present in the word bank, providing the user with a special event recommended term preset for the time range.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
receiving a search query, the search query being obtained, from a user, at an input time point, via a search box of a first web page that is being displayed at a client device, wherein the input time point corresponds to a time at which the user submitted the search query, and wherein the search query includes one or more search terms;
determining that the input time point falls within a time range corresponding to a special event period, and in response,
determining whether a search term of the one or more search terms is found within a special event word bank; and
in response to a determination that the search term of the one or more search terms is found within the special event word bank:
displaying a second clickable link to a second web page on the first web page, wherein the second clickable link comprises information pertaining to a special event;
causing the second clickable link to the second web page to be displayed adjacent to the search box, at the client device; and
in response to a determination that the second clickable link is activated, causing the second web page to be opened.

2. The method as described in claim 1 , further comprising:
determining whether a search term of the search query matches a preset search term; and
in response to a determination that the search term of the search query matches the preset search term, causing another recommended search term to be displayed in the search box.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the causing the second clickable link to be displayed comprises requires no adjustment to the first web page.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the second web page includes information relating to a result of the search query.

5. A system, comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
receive a search query, the search query being obtained, from a user, at an input time point, via a search box of a first web page that is being displayed at a client device, wherein the input time point corresponds to a time at which the user submitted the search query, and wherein the search query includes one or more search terms;
determine that the input time point falls within a time range corresponding to a special event period, and in response,
determine whether a search term of the one or more search terms is found within a special event word bank; and
in response to a determination that the search term of the one or more search terms is found within the special event word bank:
display a second clickable link to a second web page on the first web page, wherein the second clickable link to a second web page comprises information pertaining to a special event;
cause the second clickable link to the second web page to be displayed adjacent to the search box, at the client device; and
in response to a determination that the second clickable link is activated, cause the second web page to be opened; and

one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors, wherein the one or more memories are configured to provide the one or more processors with instructions.

6. The system as described in claim 5 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
determine whether a search term of the search query matches a preset search term; and
in response to a determination that the search term of the search query matches the preset search term, cause another recommended search term to be displayed in the search box.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein to cause the second clickable link to be displayed comprises requires no adjustment to the first web page.

8. The system of claim 5 wherein the second web page has information relating to a result of the search query.

9. A computer program product embodied in a tangible non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
receiving a search query, the search query being obtained, from a user, at an input time point, via a search box of a first web page that is being displayed at a client device, wherein the input time point corresponds to a time at which the user submitted the search query, and wherein the search query includes one or more search terms;
determining that the input time point falls within a time range corresponding to a special event period, and in response,
determining whether a search term of the one or more search terms is found within a special event word bank; and
in response to a determination that the search term of the one or more search terms is found within the special event word bank:
displaying a second clickable link to a second web page on the first web page, wherein the second clickable link comprises information pertaining to a special event;
causing the second clickable link to the second web page to be displayed adjacent to the search box, at the client device; and
in response to a determination that the second clickable link is activated, causing the second web page to be opened.

10. The computer program product as described in claim 9 , further comprising computer instructions for:
determining whether a search term of the search query matches a preset search term; and
in response to a determination that the search term of the search query matches the preset search term, causing another recommended search term to be displayed in the search box.

11. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the causing the second clickable link to be displayed comprises requires no adjustment to the first web page.

12. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein the second web page has information relating to a result of the search query.

13. A method, comprising:
receiving a search query, the search query being obtained via a search box of a first web page that is being displayed at a client device;
determining that the search query is present in a word bank associated with a preset time range, wherein:
the word bank is generated using at least past search frequencies of unfinalized search queries;
the past search frequencies meet one or more preset criteria; and
the word bank includes a plurality of keywords corresponding to one or more special events during the preset time range;

obtaining a special event recommended term matching the search query, wherein the special event recommended term includes a clickable link to a second web page comprising information pertaining to a special event of the one or more special events;
causing the clickable link to the second web page to be displayed adjacent to the search box, at the client device; and
in response to a determination that the clickable link is activated, causing the second web page to be opened, the second web page having a first information relating to a first category and a second information relating to a second category, the first category being different from the second category.

Assignees

• Alibaba Group Holding Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Yizhe

Classifications

• G06F40/242

  Dictionaries · CPC title

• G06F40/284

  Lexical analysis, e.g. tokenisation or collocates · CPC title

• G06F16/3322 Primary

  using system suggestions (G06F16/3325 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F16/951

  Indexing; Web crawling techniques · CPC title

• G06F16/9535

  Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation · CPC title