Surfacing live events in search results

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017193064-A1
Application number	US-201515313281-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 8, 2015
Priority date	Jun 16, 2014
Publication date	Jul 6, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

Implementations include actions of obtaining a set of entities based on one or more terms of a query, obtaining one or more entities associated with each live event of a plurality of live events, identifying a live event that is responsive to the query based on comparing at least one entity in the set of entities to one or more entities associated with each live event of a plurality of live events, determining that an event search result corresponding to the live event is to be displayed in search results, and in response: providing the event search result for display, the event search result including information associated with the live event, the information including an indicator of an occurrence of the live event.

First claim

1 . A computer-implemented method executed by one or more processors, the method comprising:
obtaining, by the one or more processors, a set of entities based on one or more terms of a query; obtaining, by the one or more processors, one or more entities associated with each live event of a plurality of live events; identifying, by the one or more processors, a live event that is responsive to the query based on comparing at least one entity in the set of entities to one or more entities associated with each live event of a plurality of live events; determining, by the one or more processors, that an event search result corresponding to the live event is to be displayed in search results, and in response:
providing, by the one or more processors, the event search result for display, the event search result comprising information associated with the live event, the information comprising an indicator of an occurrence of the live event.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that an event search result corresponding to the live event is to be displayed in search results comprises:
determining that the occurrence of the live event is within a threshold period of time after the query is received.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the indicator indicates that the live event is occurring concurrently with display of the search results.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the indicator indicates a time, at which the live event is scheduled to occur.

5 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the threshold period of time is determined based on an indication of an intent of the query.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein, if the intent indicates intent to search for a live event, the threshold time period is set to a first value, and if the intent does not indicate intent to search for a live event, the threshold time period is set to a second value that is less than the first value.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that an event search result corresponding to the live event is to be displayed in search results comprises:
determining that a factual summary associated with the at least one entity is to be displayed in search results.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein providing an event search result comprises transmitting a search results document that includes instructions to display one or more general search results and the event search result.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving the query from the user.

10 . A computer-implemented method executed by one or more processors, the method comprising:
receiving, by the one or more processors, a set of live events from one or more sources; determining, by the one or more processors, a quality score for each live event in the set of live events; determining, by the one or more processors, that the quality score of a live event exceeds a threshold quality score, and in response, including the live event in a sub-set of live events; and selectively providing, by the one or more processors, an event search result for display to a user in search results based on one or more live events in the sub-set of live events.

11 . A system comprising:
a data store for storing data; and one or more processors configured to interact with the data store, the one or more processors being further configured to perform operations comprising:
obtaining a set of entities based on one or more terms of a query;
obtaining one or more entities associated with each live event of a plurality of live events;
identifying a live event that is responsive to the query based on comparing at least one entity in the set of entities to one or more entities associated with each live event of a plurality of live events;
determining that an event search result corresponding to the live event is to be displayed in search results, and in response:
providing the event search result for display, the event search result comprising information associated with the live event, the information comprising an indicator of an occurrence of the live event.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein determining that an event search result corresponding to the live event is to be displayed in search results comprises:
determining that the occurrence of the live event is within a threshold period of time after the query is received.

13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the indicator indicates that the live event is occurring concurrently with display of the search results.

14 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the indicator indicates a time, at which the live event is scheduled to occur.

15 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the threshold period of time is determined based on an indication of an intent of the query.

16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein, if the intent indicates intent to search for a live event, the threshold time period is set to a first value, and if the intent does not indicate intent to search for a live event, the threshold time period is set to a second value that is less than the first value.

17 . The system of claim 11 , wherein determining that an event search result corresponding to the live event is to be displayed in search results comprises:
determining that a factual summary associated with the at least one entity is to be displayed in search results.

18 . The system of claim 11 , wherein providing an event search result comprises transmitting a search results document that includes instructions to display one or more general search results and the event search result.

19 . The system of claim 11 , wherein operations further comprise receiving the query from the user.

20 . A system comprising:
a data store for storing data; and one or more processors configured to interact with the data store, the one or more processors being further configured to perform operations comprising:
receiving a set of live events from one or more sources;
determining a quality score for each live event in the set of live events;
determining that the quality score of a live event exceeds a threshold quality score, and in response, including the live event in a sub-set of live events; and
selectively providing an event search result for display to a user in search results based on one or more live events in the sub-set of live events.

21 . A computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
obtaining a set of entities based on one or more terms of a query; obtaining one or more entities associated with each live event of a plurality of live events; identifying a live event that is responsive to the query based on comparing at least one entity in the set of entities to one or more entities associated with each live event of a plurality of live events; determining that an event search result corresponding to the live event is to be displayed in search results, and in response:
providing the event search result for display, the event search result comprising information associated with the live event, the information comprising an indicator of an occurrence of the live event.

22 . The computer readable medium of claim 21 , wherein determining that an event search result corresponding to the live event is to be displayed in search results comprises:
determining that the occurrence of the live event is within a threshold period of time after the query is received.

Assignees

• Google Inc

Inventors

• Judd Tilke Mary
• Sabur Zaheed
• Jodas Samper Eduardo
• Dovlecel Alexandru Ovidiu
• Arac Ardan

Classifications

• G06F16/248 Primary

  Presentation of query results · CPC title

• G06F16/24578

  using ranking · CPC title

• G06F16/951 Primary

  Indexing; Web crawling techniques · CPC title

• G06F17/30864

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/3053

  Physics · mapped topic