Result types for conditional data display

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10817516-B2
Application number	US-201715499358-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2017
Priority date	Oct 20, 2010
Publication date	Oct 27, 2020
Grant date	Oct 27, 2020

Abstract

A set of user interfaces is provided to an administrator of a website. The user interfaces enable the administrator to configure search functionality of the website to present different types of search results differently. For instance, the administrator can use the user interfaces to configure the search functionality to present different properties for search results belonging to different result types.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for configuring and using search functionality, the method comprising:
generating a first search request for one or more resources of a first web site hosted by a server system;
sending the first search request to the server system, the first search request requesting resources of the first website that satisfy a first search string;
receiving a dataset from the server system, the dataset including the requested resource of the first website and the dataset comprising content resource objects of the requested resource, wherein the content resource objects have content resource types;
based on the content resource objects received in the dataset, identifying a first template module for a first content resource type of one of the content resource objects received in the dataset and a second template module for a second content resource type of one of the content resource objects received in the dataset, wherein the first template module specifies how properties of the content resource objects having the first content resource type are to be displayed;
generating a template request for the identified first template module;
sending the template request to a remote source;
receiving, from the remote source, the first template module in response to the template request; and
using the first template module to display data objects in the dataset as specified in the first template module.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a service provider entity operates the server system, the server system hosts a plurality of websites, the plurality of websites including a first website, wherein the one or more resources are of the first website, the server system hosting the first web site on behalf of a tenant.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of web sites includes a second website, wherein the received dataset does not include resource objects from the second web site.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving administrative input via a user interface, the administrative input associating the first template module with a first content resource type and the second template module with a second content resource type, the first template module specifying a first template execution operation;
wherein the user interface include a type configuration interface, the type configuration interface comprising data entry controls for configuring content resource types; and
wherein receiving the administrative input comprises receiving values of the data entry controls.

5. The method of claim 4 ,
wherein the data entry controls include a template selection control; and
wherein receiving the administrative input comprises receiving a first template selection input, the first template selection input corresponding to the template selection control, the first template selection input associating the first template module with the first content resource type.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
sending another request for another template module for another content resource type.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
after receiving dataset, determining that a content resource object in the dataset belongs to a plurality of applicable content resource types, the plurality of applicable resource types including a first result type; and
performing a conflict resolution operation to select the first result type from among the plurality of applicable resource types to which the first content resource object belongs.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein using the first template module to display data in the dataset comprises performing a template execution operation of the template module to generate a presentation string.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying the first template module is based on a schema received from the server system.

10. A computer-implemented method comprising:
sending from a client a resource request to a web server;
receiving in response to the resource request, from the web server, a dataset including content resource objects, of the requested resource, having content resource types from the web server, wherein the dataset includes a first content resource object having a first content resource type and a second content resource object having a second content resource type;
receiving, in addition to the content resource objects, a schema from the web server, wherein the schema specifies which content resource objects belong to which content resource types;
based on the received schema, identifying a first template module for the first content resource type, wherein the first template module specifies how properties of content resource objects having the first content resource type are to be displayed;
generating a template request for the identified first template module;
receiving the first template module in response to the request; and
using the first template module to display data objects in the dataset as specified in the first template module.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first content resource object is one of a word processor document, slide presentation document, webpage, PDF document, spreadsheet document, image, audio file, or video file.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein using the first template module to display data in the dataset includes performing a first template execution operation associated with the first template module.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first template module comprises Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), cascading style sheet (CSS), and scripting data utilized in performing the first template execution operation.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
based on the received schema, identifying a second template module that corresponds to at least the second content resource type, wherein the second template module specifies how properties of content resource objects having the second content resource type are to be displayed;
generating a template request for the identified second template module;
receiving the second template module in response to the request; and
using the second template module to display data in the dataset as specified in the second template module.

15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
receiving an updated schema;
based on the updated schema, identifying a third template module corresponding to the first content resource type;
generating a subsequent template request for the identified third template module;
receiving the third template module; and
using the third template module to display data in the dataset as specified in the third template module.

16. A system comprising:
at least one processor; and
memory storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor perform a set of operations comprising:
sending a resource request to a web server;
receiving, from the web server, a dataset including content resource objects of the requested resource, wherein the content resource objects have content resource types;
based on the content resource objects received in the dataset, identifying a template module that corresponds to at least one of the content resource types of one of content resource objects received in the dataset, wherein the template module specifies how properties of the content resource objects are to be displayed;
generating a template request for the identified template module;
sending the template request to a remote source;
receiving, from the remote source, the template module in response to the request; and
using the temp

Assignees

• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Smith Charles Keller
• Campbell Jonathan Thomas
• Chen Zhenguang
• Krishnamoorthy Arun Keller
• Li Boxin
• Little Ii Charles Reeves
• Taranov Viktoriya
• Timm Brian William
• Violino Andrew Joseph

Classifications

• G06F16/958 Primary

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

• G06F16/245

  Query processing · CPC title

• G06F16/248

  Presentation of query results · CPC title

• G06F16/2455 Primary

  Query execution · CPC title

• G06F16/9535 Primary

  Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation · CPC title