Providing app store search results

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016299972-A1
Application number	US-201615092459-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 6, 2016
Priority date	Apr 9, 2015
Publication date	Oct 13, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for providing app store search results. An example method includes responsive to a first search query directed to an app store: revising the first search query to produce a second search query different from the first search query; obtaining, from an Internet search engine, second search results responsive to the second search query; analyzing the second search results to identify apps available on the app store that are relevant to the second search query; obtaining, from the app store, first search results responsive to the first search query that identify apps available in the app store; and modifying the first search results based on analyzing the second search results.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system comprising:
one or more computers; and one or more storage units storing instructions that when executed by the one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising: responsive to a first search query directed to an app store:
revising the first search query to produce a second search query different from the first search query;
obtaining, from an Internet search engine, second search results responsive to the second search query;
analyzing the second search results to identify apps available on the app store that are relevant to the second search query;
obtaining, from the app store, first search results responsive to the first search query that identify apps available in the app store; and
modifying the first search results based on analyzing the second search results.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the second search results identify a plurality of web pages.

3 . The system of claim 2 , the operations further comprising: annotating the first search results with terms appearing in the plurality of web pages.

4 . The system of claim 2 , wherein analyzing the second search results to identify apps available on the app store that are relevant to the second search query comprises:
semantically analyzing the plurality of web pages to identify one or more candidate names of apps.

5 . The system of claim 2 , wherein analyzing the second search results to identify apps available on the app store that are relevant to the second search query comprises:
identifying, in the plurality of web pages, one or more links to applications in the app store.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein revising the first search query to produce a second search query different from the first search query comprises:
adding, to the first search query, a search term identifying one or more characteristics of the app store to produce the second search query.

7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the one or more characteristics of the app store include one or more of: a name of the app store, a name of a user device accessing the app store, or a name of an operating system under which a user device issuing the first search query operates.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein modifying the first search results based on the apps identified by analyzing the second search results comprises:
removing a search result from the first search results based on analyzing the second search results.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein modifying the first search results based on the apps identified by analyzing the second search results comprises:
ranking the first search results based on analyzing the second search results.

10 . A method comprising:
responsive to a first search query directed to an app store:
revising the first search query to produce a second search query different from the first search query;
obtaining, from an Internet search engine, second search results responsive to the second search query;
analyzing the second search results to identify apps available on the app store that are relevant to the second search query;
obtaining, from the app store, first search results responsive to the first search query that identify apps available in the app store; and
modifying the first search results based on analyzing the second search results.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the second search results identify a plurality of web pages.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising: annotating the first search results with terms appearing in the plurality of web pages.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein analyzing the second search results to identify apps available on the app store that are relevant to the second search query comprises:
semantically analyzing the plurality of web pages to identify one or more candidate names of apps.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein analyzing the second search results to identify apps available on the app store that are relevant to the second search query comprises:
identifying, in the plurality of web pages, one or more links to applications in the app store.

15 . The method of claim 10 , wherein revising the first search query to produce a second search query different from the first search query comprises:
adding, to the first search query, a search term identifying one or more characteristics of the app store to produce the second search query.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the one or more characteristics of the app store include one or more of: a name of the app store, a name of a user device accessing the app store, or a name of an operating system under which a user device issuing the first search query operates.

17 . The method of claim 10 , wherein modifying the first search results based on the apps identified by analyzing the second search results comprises:
removing a search result from the first search results based on analyzing the second search results.

18 . The method of claim 10 , wherein modifying the first search results based on the apps identified by analyzing the second search results comprises:
ranking the first search results based on analyzing the second search results.

19 . One or more non-transitory computer storage media encoded with a computer program, the computer program comprising instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
responsive to a first search query directed to an app store:
revising the first search query to produce a second search query different from the first search query;
obtaining, from an Internet search engine, second search results responsive to the second search query;
analyzing the second search results to identify apps available on the app store that are relevant to the second search query;
obtaining, from the app store, first search results responsive to the first search query that identify apps available in the app store; and
modifying the first search results based on analyzing the second search results.

20 . The non-transitory computer storage media of claim 19 , wherein the second search results identify a plurality of web pages.

Assignees

• Google Inc

Inventors

• Samdani Rajhans
• Subramanya Amarnag
• Pereira Fernando
• Aradhye Hrishikesh

Classifications

• G06F40/134

  Hyperlinking · CPC title

• G06F16/24573

  using data annotations, e.g. user-defined metadata · CPC title

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• G06F16/24534 Primary

  Query rewriting; Transformation · CPC title

• G06F16/95

  Retrieval from the web · CPC title