Categorizing search terms

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10459952-B2
Application number	US-201715409477-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 18, 2017
Priority date	Aug 1, 2012
Publication date	Oct 29, 2019
Grant date	Oct 29, 2019

Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for categorizing search terms. The system accesses search history for the search terms. The system also categorizes each of the search terms based on the number of times that the respective search term appears in the search history. If the number of times the search term appears in the search history exceeds a first threshold, a search result of the search term is determined and the search term is categorized as a type that is provided for registration to a user with recognized association with the search term or a type that is excluded from registration, where the categorizing based on a ratio of a number of times the search result was selected subsequent to receiving the search term to the number of times that the search term appears in the search history.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
accessing, by one or more processors, a search history stored at a data store for a search term, wherein the search history comprises prior user search terms;
determining a number of times that the search term appears in the search history;
responsive to determining that the number of times that the search term appears in the search history exceeds a first threshold value,
identifying, based on the search history, a search result of the search term,
determining a ratio of a number of times the search result was selected subsequent to receiving the search term over the number of times that the search term appears in the search history, and
categorizing, based on the ratio, the search term as a first type that is provided for registration to a user associated with the search term, or as a second type that is excluded from registration by the user;

receiving a registration request from a client device associated with a user over a network connection to the client device, the registration request for registering a locator corresponding to the search term; and
sending, in response to receiving the registration request, a notification to the client device over the network connection, the notification comprising registration information for the locator based on the categorizing.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the categorizing comprises:
categorizing the search term as the first type responsive to determining that the ratio exceeds a threshold ratio value; and
categorizing the search term as the second type responsive to determining that the ratio does not exceed the threshold ratio value.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
responsive to determining that the number of times that the search term appears in the search history does not exceed a second threshold value smaller than the first threshold value, categorizing the search term as a third type that may be registered on a first-come, first-serve basis.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , further comprising:
responsive to determining that the number of times that the search term appears in the search history exceeds the second threshold value but does not exceed the first threshold value, categorizing the search term as a fourth type that may be registered with additional verification of association with the search term.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the search result comprises a character string of a uniform resource locator, and wherein the character string comprises the search term.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the search term is a restricted term; and
categorizing the search term as a restricted type that is excluded from registration based on determining that the search term is the restricted term.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein the restricted term is a trademark.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein accessing the search history for the search term, and determining the number of times that the search term appears in the search history, are each performed on a periodic basis.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the search term is a single term.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the search term is a composite term comprising two or more terms.

11. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
a machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by the processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising:
accessing a search history stored at a data store for a search term, wherein the search history comprises prior user search terms;
determining a number of times that the search term appears in the search history;
responsive to determining that the number of times that the search term appears in the search history exceeds a first threshold value,
identifying, based on the search history, a search result of the search term,
determining a ratio of a number of times the search result was selected subsequent to receiving the search term over the number of times that the search term appears in the search history, and
categorizing, in a case where the ratio exceeds a threshold ratio value, the search term as a first type that is provided for registration to a user associated with the search term;

receiving a registration request from a client device associated with a user over a network connection to the client device, the registration request for registering a locator corresponding to the search term; and
sending, in response to receiving the registration request, a notification to the client device over the network connection, the notification comprising registration information for the locator based on the categorizing.

12. The system of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:
responsive to determining that the ratio does not exceed the threshold ratio value, categorizing the search term as a second type that is excluded from registration.

13. The system of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:
responsive to determining that the number of times that the search term appears in the search history does not exceed a second threshold value smaller than the first threshold value, categorizing the search term as a third type that may be registered on a first-come, first-serve basis.

14. The system of claim 13 , the operations further comprising:
responsive to determining that the number of times that the search term appears in the search history exceeds the second threshold value but does not exceed the first threshold value, categorizing the search term as a fourth type that may be registered with additional verification of association with the search term.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the search result comprises a character string of a uniform resource locator, and wherein the character string comprises the search term.

16. The system of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:
determining that the search term is a restricted term; and
categorizing the search term as a restricted type that is excluded from registration based on determining that the search term is the restricted term.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the restricted term is a trademark.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein accessing the search history for the search term, and determining the number of times that the search term appears in the search history, are each performed on a periodic basis.

19. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
accessing, by the processor, a search history stored at a data store for a search term, wherein the search history comprises prior user search terms;
determining a number of times that the search term appears in the search history;
responsive to determining that the number of times that the search term appears in the search history exceeds a threshold value,
identifying, based on the search history, a search result of the search term,
determining a ratio of a number of times the search result was selected subsequent to receiving the search term over the number of times that the search term appears in the search history, and
categorizing, in a case where the ratio does not exceed a threshold ratio value, the search term as a type that is exclud

Assignees

• Google Inc
• Google Llc

Inventors

• Thuler Eduardo Knust
• Desikan Pavan
• Dantas De Castro Rafael

Classifications

• G06F16/285 Primary

  Clustering or classification · CPC title

• G06F16/9566

  URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links · CPC title

• G06F16/958

  Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking · CPC title

• G06F16/951 Primary

  Indexing; Web crawling techniques · CPC title