Search request processing method and apparatus, computer device, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12450281-B2
Application number	US-202318524766-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2023
Priority date	Jan 12, 2022
Publication date	Oct 21, 2025
Grant date	Oct 21, 2025

Abstract

Provided are a search request processing method, an apparatus, a computer device, a storage medium, a computer product, and a computer program. The method includes: in response to a search instruction, sending a search request comprising a target question; acquiring a plurality of sets of answer information corresponding to the target question, wherein each set of answer information includes answer summary information and a multimedia content supporting the answer summary information; the genre of the multimedia content is determined on the basis of a category of the target question, and the answer summary information is extracted on the basis of the multimedia content; and displaying the answer summary information in each set of answer information on a search result page, and displaying, when any piece of answer summary information is selected, at least part of the multimedia content supporting the selected answer summary information.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A search request processing method, comprising:
in response to a search instruction, sending a search request comprising a target question;
acquiring a plurality of answer information sets corresponding to the target question, wherein each answer information set comprises answer summary information and a multimedia content with a determined genre supporting the answer summary information; wherein
the genre of the multimedia content is determined on the basis of a correspondence relationship between one category of the target question and a subset of a plurality of predetermined genres of the multimedia content after the category of the target question is determined, and the answer summary information is extracted from the multimedia content after the multimedia content is acquired, wherein extraction manners of the answer summary information are different for different genres of multimedia contents; and

displaying the answer summary information in each answer information set on a search result page, and displaying at least part of the multimedia content supporting the selected answer summary information when any piece of answer summary information is selected,
wherein the displaying the answer summary information in each set of answer information on a search result page, and displaying at least part of the multimedia content supporting the selected piece of answer summary information when any piece of answer summary information is selected comprises:
displaying the answer summary information in each answer information set at a first preset position of the search result page;
in response to a selection operation on the target answer summary information, displaying associated information supporting the target answer summary information at a second preset position of the search result page, wherein the associated information comprises an argument and/or a premise; an inner link is added in the associated information; and the inner link points to the multimedia content corresponding to the target answer summary information; and
in response to a triggering operation on target associated information, displaying preview information of the multimedia content corresponding to the target answer summary information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the category of the target question is determined through a sentence pattern of the target question or a pre-trained category determining model.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein displaying the answer summary information in each answer information set on a search result page, and displaying at least part of the multimedia content supporting the selected piece of answer summary information when any piece of answer summary information is selected comprises:
displaying the answer summary information in each answer information set at a third preset position of the search result page;
in response to a selection operation on the target answer summary information, displaying corresponding associated information supporting the target answer summary information at a fourth preset position, wherein the associated information comprises an argument and/or a premise; and
displaying at least one multimedia card corresponding to the target answer summary information at a fifth preset position, the multimedia card displaying preview information of the multimedia content supporting the target answer summary information, and the preview information comprising the target answer summary information,
wherein the at least one multimedia card supports slide displaying.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein displaying the answer summary information in each answer information set on a search result page, and displaying at least part of the multimedia content supporting the selected piece of answer summary information when any piece of answer summary information is selected comprises:
displaying, at a sixth preset position of the search result page, answer aggregation information comprising the respective pieces of answer summary information in the plurality of answer information sets; and
displaying the answer summary information in each answer information set at a seventh preset position of the search result page, and displaying at least part of the multimedia content of the selected answer summary information at an eighth preset position, wherein the at least part of the multimedia content comprises the selected answer summary information.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein displaying the answer summary information in each answer information set on a search result page, and displaying at least part of the multimedia content supporting the selected piece of answer summary information when any piece of answer summary information is selected comprises:
displaying, at the search result page, an answer card corresponding to each answer information set, the answer card displaying the answer summary information in the answer information and associated information in the answer information, and the associated information comprising an argument and/or a premise; and
in response to a triggering operation on a target answer card, displaying, at a corresponding position of the target answer card, at least part of the multimedia content of the answer information corresponding to the target answer card.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the genre of the multimedia content comprises at least two of:
image, text, video, and audio.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
displaying search result identifier at corresponding position of each piece of answer summary information; and
in response to a selection operation on the search result identifier corresponding to any piece of answer summary information, displaying preview information of a plurality of search results corresponding to the selected answer summary information.

8. A computer device, wherein the computer device comprises a processor, a memory, and a bus, wherein the memory stores machine-readable instructions executable by the processor; when the computer device is run, the processor communicates with the memory through the bus; and the machine-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the computer device to:
in response to a search instruction, send a search request comprising a target question;
acquire a plurality of answer information sets corresponding to the target question, wherein each answer information set comprises answer summary information and a multimedia content with a determined genre supporting the answer summary information; wherein
the genre of the multimedia content is determined on the basis of a correspondence relationship between a category of the target question and a subset of the plurality of preset genres of the multimedia content after the category of the target question is determined, and the answer summary information is extracted from the multimedia content after the multimedia content is acquired, wherein extraction manners of the answer summary information are different for different genres of multimedia contents; and

display the answer summary information in each answer information set on a search result page, and display at least part of the multimedia content supporting the selected answer summary information when any piece of answer summary information is selected,
wherein the instructions to cause the computer device to display the answer summary information in each answer information set on a search result page, and display at least part of the multimedia content supporting the selected piece of answer summary information when any piece of answer summary information is selected comprise instructions to cause the

Assignees

• Beijing Bytedance Network Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lin Yating
• Wu Yujie
• Hou Mulan
• Jiang Xiaokun
• Li Pengshuai
• Zhang Zijian
• Wang Chaoyang

Classifications

• G06F16/45

  Clustering; Classification · CPC title

• G06F16/435

  Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles · CPC title

• G06F16/438 Primary

  Presentation of query results · CPC title

• G06F16/4393 Primary

  Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums · CPC title

• G06F16/432 Primary

  Query formulation · CPC title