Identifying and structuring related data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016140254-A1
Application number	US-201314897824-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 13, 2013
Priority date	Jun 13, 2013
Publication date	May 19, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Some examples include displaying a user interface that includes attributes and entities that are determined to be related to an input entity identified by a user. Further, some implementations include displaying a structured data table that identifies attribute values associated with the input entity and selected related entities.

First claim

1 . A method comprising:
under control of one or more processors, receiving an input entity via a user interface; initiating display of one or more related attributes via the user interface, wherein each related attribute of the one or more related attributes is determined to be related to the input entity; initiating display of one or more related entities via the user interface, wherein each related entity of the one or more related entities is determined to be related to the input entity; receiving an attribute selection via the user interface, the attribute selection identifying an attribute of the one or more related attributes; receiving an entity selection via the user interface, the entity selection identifying at least one entity of the one or more related entities; and initiating display of a structured data table that includes:
an input entity attribute value associated with the identified attribute; and
one or more related entity attribute values associated with the identified attribute.

2 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein:
the entity selection identifies each entity of the one or more related entities; and the one or more related entity attribute values included in the structured data table include a plurality of related entity attribute values associated with the identified attribute.

3 . The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a second attribute selection via the user interface, the second attribute selection identifying a second attribute of the one or more related attributes, wherein the structured data table further includes:
a second input entity attribute value associated with the second identified attribute; and
one or related entity attribute values associated with the second identified attribute.

4 . The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:
communicating the input entity received via the user interface to one or more servers via a network; and receiving the one or more related entities from the one or more servers, wherein the one or more related entities are determined by the one or more servers based on the input entity.

5 . The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:
communicating the input entity received via the user interface to one or more servers via a network; and receiving the one or more related attributes from the one or more servers, wherein the one or more related attributes are determined by the one or more servers based on the input entity.

6 . The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:
communicating the input entity received via the user interface to one or more servers via a network; receiving the input entity attribute value associated with the identified attribute from the one or more servers; and receiving the one or more related entity attribute values associated with the identified attribute from the one or more servers.

7 . The method as recited in claim 6 , wherein the one or more servers determine the input entity attribute value and the one or more related entity attribute values by querying one or more web servers.

8 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein:
the input entity is provided via a touchscreen; the one or more related attributes are selectable via the touchscreen; and the one or more related entities are selectable via the touchscreen.

9 . The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a selection of the identified attribute; and initiating display of a chart view that includes the input entity attribute value associated with the identified attribute and the one or more related entity attribute values associated with the identified attribute.

10 . The method as recited in claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving a second attribute selection via the user interface, the second attribute selection identifying a second attribute of the one or more related attributes, wherein the chart view further includes:
a second input entity attribute value associated with the second identified attribute; and
one or more related entity attribute values associated with the second identified attribute.

11 . A computing system comprising:
one or more processors; one or more computer readable media maintaining instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
determining one or more related entities associated with an input entity;
determining one or more related attributes associated with the input entity;
receiving the input entity from a computing device; and
in response to receiving the input entity, communicating the one or more related entities and the one or more related attributes to the computing device.

12 . The computing system as recited in claim 11 , wherein the one or more related entities associated with the input entity are determined at least in part based on query log data.

13 . The computing system as recited in claim 12 , wherein a particular entity is determined to be related to the input entity based at least in part on the query log data including one or more queries that include query text associated with a comparison of the input entity and the particular entity.

14 . The computing system as recited in claim 13 , the acts further comprising determining a rank associated with each entity of the one or more related entities based at least in part based on a number of queries that include the input entity.

15 . The computing system as recited in claim 13 , the acts further comprising:
determining one or more subsequent queries that follow a query that includes the input entity, wherein the one or more related attributes associated with the input entity are determined at least in part based on the one or more subsequent queries that follow the query that includes the input entity.

16 . The computing system as recited in claim 11 , the acts further comprising querying one or more web servers to determine: an input entity attribute value associated with an attribute of the input entity; and
one or more related entity attribute values associated with the attribute of the input entity.

17 . The computing system as recited in claim 16 , the acts further comprising:
communicating the input entity attribute value received from the one or more web servers to the computing device; and communicating the one or more related entity attribute values received from the one or more web servers to the computing device.

18 . One or more computer readable media maintaining instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
receiving an input entity via a user interface of a computing device; communicating the input entity from the computing device to one or more servers; receiving, from the one or more servers, multiple related entities and multiple related attributes, wherein each of the multiple related entities and each of the multiple related attributes are determined by the one or more servers to be related to the input entity based on query log data; initiating display of the multiple related entities and the multiple related attributes via the user interface; receiving an attribute selection via the user interface, the attribute selection identifying an attribute of the multiple related attributes; and receiving an entity selection via the user interface, the entity selection identifying at least one entity of the multiple related entities; and initiating display of a str

Assignees

• Yan Jun
• Liu Ning
• Ji Lei
• Chen Zheng
• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Yan Jun
• Liu Ning
• Ji Lei
• Chen Zheng

Classifications

• G06Q30/0629 Primary

  by pre-processing results, e.g. ranking or ordering results · 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

• G06F17/30991 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/3053

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F16/951

  Indexing; Web crawling techniques · CPC title