Search engine content switch

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017192970-A1
Application number	US-201514984787-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 30, 2015
Priority date	Dec 30, 2015
Publication date	Jul 6, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

Briefly, embodiments disclosed herein relate to switching between versions of digital content to be displayed, such as to a user, in a real-time searching environment, for example.

First claim

1 . A method of executing computer instructions on at least one computing device without further human interaction in which the at least one computing device includes at least one processor and at least one memory, comprising:
fetching computer instructions from the at least one memory of the at least one computing device for execution on the at least one processor of the at least one computing device; executing the fetched computer instructions on the at least one processor of the at least one computing device; and storing in the at least one memory of the at least one computing device any results of having executed the fetched computer instructions on the at least one processor of the at least one computing device; wherein the computer instructions to be executed comprise instructions for execution of storage, indexing and query operations; wherein the executing the fetched storage, indexing and query operation computer instructions further comprises atomically switching between identified versions of particular digital content.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the identified versions of particular digital content comprise versions of a feed in a real-time search engine environment, and wherein the atomically switching between identified versions of particular digital content comprises atomically switching between identified versions of a feed.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein identified versions of a feed comprise identified versions of multiple independent feeds, the multiple independent feeds having identified versions being updated independent of one another.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the atomically switching between identified versions of a feed further comprises:
performing query operations on one version of the feed, wherein the one version of the feed is stored at a digital content storage device and labeled with a feed version parameter value identifying the one version of the feed; and indexing an update of feed content substantially concurrently with the performing the query operations on the identified one version of the feed, wherein the indexing the update of feed content comprises labeling the update of feed content with another feed version parameter value to identify another version of the feed.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the atomically switching between identified versions of a feed comprises determining whether the indexing of the identified another version of feed has completed.

6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the atomically switching between identified versions of a feed further comprises initiating query operations on digital content that includes the identified another version of the feed, the query operations to take place after a determination that the indexing of the identified another version of the feed has completed.

7 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the atomically switching between identified versions of a feed further comprises hiding the identified one version of the feed for query operations that take place after a determination that the indexing of the identified another version of the feed has completed.

8 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising hiding the identified another version of the feed for query operations that take place before the indexing of the update of feed content has completed.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the atomically switching between identified versions of particular digital content comprises atomically switching displayed particular digital content at a specified time.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the atomically switching between identified versions of particular digital content comprises for a specified set of users atomically switching the displayed particular digital content at the specified time.

11 . An apparatus comprising:
at least one computing device; the at least one computing device to include at least one processor and at least one memory; the at least one computing device to execute computer instructions on the at least one processor without further human intervention; the computer instructions to be executed having been fetched from the at least one memory for execution on the at least one processor, and the at least one computing device to store in the at least one memory of the at least one computing device any results to be generated from the execution on the at least one processor of the to be executed computer instructions; the computer instructions to be executed comprising instructions for execution of storage, indexing and query operations; wherein the storage, indexing and query operation computer instructions to be executed to atomically switch between identified versions of particular digital content.

12 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the identified versions of particular digital content to comprise versions of a feed in a real-time search engine environment, and wherein to atomically switch between identified versions of particular digital content comprises to atomically switch between identified versions of a feed.

13 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the identified versions of a feed to comprise identified versions of multiple independent feeds, the multiple independent feeds to have identified versions to be updated independent of one another.

14 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein, to atomically switch between identified versions of a feed, the storage, indexing and query operation computer instructions to be executed to:
perform query operations on one version of the feed, wherein the one version of the feed is to be stored at a digital content storage device and is to be labeled with a feed version parameter value to identify the one version of the feed; and substantially concurrently with the query operations on the identified one version of the feed, index an update of feed content to label the update of feed content with another feed version parameter value to identify another version of the feed.

15 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein, to atomically switch between identified versions of a feed, the storage, indexing and query operation computer instructions to be executed to initiate query operations on digital content to include the identified another version of the feed, the query operations to take place after a determination that the identified another version of the feed has completed being indexed.

16 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein, to atomically switch between identified versions of a feed, the storage, indexing and query operation computer instructions to be executed to hide the identified one version of the feed for query operations to take place after a determination that the identified another version of the feed has completed being indexed.

17 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein, to atomically switch between identified versions of a feed, the storage, indexing and query operation computer instructions to be executed further to hide the identified another version of the feed for query operations to take place before the update of feed content to be indexed has completed.

18 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the atomically switching between identified versions of particular digital content, the storage, indexing and query operation computer instructions to be executed to atomically switch displayed particular digital content at a specified time.

19 . The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the atomically switching between identified versions of particular digital content, the storage, indexing and query operation computer instructio

Assignees

• Yahoo Inc

Inventors

• Aasheim Yngve

Classifications

• H04L67/02

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

• G06F40/197

  Version control (for software G06F8/71) · CPC title

• H04L67/1097

  for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS] · CPC title

• G06F17/30911

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30548

  Physics · mapped topic