Presenting search result information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11775535-B2
Application number	US-201916710895-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 11, 2019
Priority date	May 10, 2006
Publication date	Oct 3, 2023
Grant date	Oct 3, 2023

Abstract

A method of presenting computer-generated search result information can include receiving a search request from a client computer; identifying a plurality of search results responsive to the search request; ranking the plurality of search results using content in one or more web notebooks; and providing the ranked plurality of search results for presentation in the client computer. Using the content can include determining whether at least one of a title, a heading, clipped content, metadata or a user-annotation in at least one web notebook relates to the search request and, if so, increasing a ranking of at least one search result referenced by the at least one web notebook.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method implemented by one or more processors, the method comprising:
identifying an entry, created based on user interface input provided by a given user via a given client device,
wherein the entry is directed to a given web document, includes metadata about the given user, and includes user-supplied free-form text that is based on the user interface input,
wherein the given web document is authored by an authoring user that is distinct from the given user, and
wherein the given web document does not include one or more particular terms of the user-supplied free-form text;

receiving, from an additional client device of an additional user that is in addition to the given user, a search query that is entered by the additional user at the additional client device, and that includes the one or more particular query terms;
determining that the given web document is responsive to the search query based on determining that the one or more particular query terms, of the search query, are included in the user-supplied free-form text of the entry that is directed to the given web document; and
in response to receiving the search query entered by the additional user and in response to determining, based on determining that the one or more particular query terms of the search query are included in the user-supplied free-form text of the entry created based on the user interface provided by the given user, that the given web document is responsive to the search query:
providing, for presentation at the additional client device, a given search result that corresponds to the given web document.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to receiving the search query and determining that the one or more particular query terms, of the search query, are included in the user-supplied free-form text of the entry that is directed to the given web document:
providing, for presentation at the additional client device along with the given search result, a link to the entry.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the given web document is a webpage.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that an additional web document is responsive to the search query; and
in response to the search query and in response to determining that the additional web document is responsive to the search query:
providing, for presentation at the additional client device and along with the given search result, an additional search result that corresponds to the additional web document.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
identifying a further entry, created based on further user interface input provided by a further user via a further client device,
wherein the further entry is directed to the additional web document and includes further user-supplied free-form text that is based on the further user interface input, and
wherein the additional web document does not include any terms of the further user-supplied free-form text; and

wherein determining that the additional web document is responsive to the search query is based on determining that the one or more particular query terms, of the search query, are included in the further user-supplied free-form text of the additional entry that is directed to the additional web document.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user-supplied free-form text is included in a title of the entry.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the user-supplied free-form text is included in a heading of the entry.

8. A system, comprising:
a database, the database storing entries, the entries including an entry, created based on user interface input provided by a given user via a given client device,
wherein the entry is directed to a given web document, includes metadata about the given user, and includes user-supplied free-form text that is based on the user interface input,
wherein the given web document is authored by an authoring user that is distinct from the given user, and
wherein the given web document does not include one or more particular terms of the user-supplied free-form text;

memory storing instructions;
one or more processors executing the instructions stored in the memory to:
receive, from an additional client device of an additional user that is in addition to the given user, a search query that is entered by the additional user at the additional client device, and that includes the one or more particular query terms;
determine that the given web document is responsive to the search query based on determining that the one or more particular query terms, of the search query, are included in the user-supplied free-form text of the entry that is directed to the given web document; and
in response to receiving the search query entered by the additional user and in response to determining, based on determining that the one or more particular query terms of the search query are included in the user-supplied free-form text of the entry created based on the user interface provided by the given user, that the given web document is responsive to the search query:
provide, for presentation at the additional client device, a given search result that corresponds to the given web document.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein one or more of the processors, in executing the instructions, are further to:
in response to receiving the search query and determining that the one or more particular query terms, of the search query, are included in the user-supplied free-form text of the entry that is directed to the given web document:
provide, for presentation at the additional client device along with the given search result, a link to the entry.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the given web document is a webpage.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein one or more of the processors, in executing the instructions, are further to:
determine that an additional web document is responsive to the search query; and
in response to the search query and in response to determining that the additional web document is responsive to the search query:
provide, for presentation at the additional client device and along with the given search result, an additional search result that corresponds to the additional web document.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein one or more of the processors, in executing the instructions, are further to:
identify a further entry, created based on further user interface input provided by a further user via a further client device,
wherein the further entry is directed to the additional web document and includes further user-supplied free-form text that is based on the further user interface input, and
wherein the additional web document does not include any terms of the further user-supplied free-form text; and

wherein in determining that the additional web document is responsive to the search query one or more of the processors are to determine that the additional web document is responsive to the search query based on determining that the one or more particular query terms, of the search query, are included in the further user-supplied free-form text of the additional entry that is directed to the additional web document.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the user-supplied free-form text is included in a title of the entry.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the user-supplied free-form text is included in a heading of the entry.

Assignees

• Google Llc

Inventors

• Frumkin Michael
• Gomes Benedict A
• Rohrs Christopher
• Seth Shashi
• Stocky Avni
• Chang Bay-Wei
• Dai Xiangtian
• Dave Kushal
• Fontes Paul

Classifications

• G06F16/24578 Primary

  using ranking · CPC title

• G06F3/0484

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• G06F16/248

  Presentation of query results · CPC title

• G06F16/951 Primary

  Indexing; Web crawling techniques · CPC title