Related URLs for task-oriented query results

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9275158-B2
Application number	US-201313973111-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2013
Priority date	May 30, 2008
Publication date	Mar 1, 2016
Grant date	Mar 1, 2016

Abstract

Methods, computer-storage media, and graphical user interfaces are provided for identifying and presenting rich related sites for task-oriented search queries. Upon receipt of a search query input by a user, one or more query logs are analyzed to determine if the search query is a related to a task being performed by the user. If the query is determined to be a task-oriented search query, search results are identified, as is one or more Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) related to a particular search result. The related URL is presented to the user in association with the particular search result. Additional controls, e.g., search tools that facilitate querying of those URLs determined to be relevant to a particular search result, may also be provided to aid the user in performing the task at hand.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for providing uniform resource locators (URLs) related to search results determined for search queries input by users, the method comprising:
receiving a search query input by a user;
determining that the search query is a task-oriented search query;
determining that the user intends to engage in a particular task, wherein the particular task is one of shopping, social networking, researching a topic, reading news, reviewing blogs, searching for reviews, and booking a trip;
identifying at least one search result that satisfies the task-oriented search query;
identifying, with respect to the at least one search result, at least one related URL that is related to the at least one search result;
presenting an identifier for the at least one related URL in association with an identifier for the at least one search result;
presenting one or more controls in association with the identifier for the at least one related URL and the identifier for the at least one search result, each control permitting user input of an additional query;
receiving, via the one or more controls, user input of the additional query; and
querying content associated with a web site associated with the at least one related URL to determine if the content associated with the web site matches the additional query.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the search query is a task-oriented search query is performed using at least one query log.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one query log comprises at least one of aggregate past user session data and current session data associated with the user.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the search query is a task-oriented search query comprises determining that the search query is a navigational search query.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the search query is a task-oriented search query comprises determining that the search query is a categorical search query.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein presenting the identifier for the at least one related URL in association with the identifier for the at least one search result comprises presenting the identifier for the at least one related URL and the identifier for the at least one search result in association with one another on a search engine results page.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprises navigating to one of the at least one related URLs upon user selection of a representation for the one of the at least one related URLs.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the at least one related URL is automatically identified.

9. A computerized system comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more computer storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive a search query;
determine that the search query is a task-oriented search query;
determining that the user intends to engage in a particular task, wherein the particular task is one of shopping, social networking, researching a topic, reading news, reviewing blogs, searching for reviews, or booking a trip;
identify at least one search result that satisfies the search query;
identify at least one related URL that is related to the at least one search result;
present an identifier for the at least one related URL in association with an identifier for the at least one search result;
present one or more controls in association with the identifier for the at least one related URL and the identifier for the at least one search result, each control permitting user input of an additional query, wherein the identifier for the at least one related URL and the identifier for the at least one search result are presented in association with one another on a search engine results page;
receive, via the one or more controls, user input of the additional query; and
search content associated with a web site corresponding to the at least one related URL to determine if any of the content matches the additional query.

10. The system of claim 9 further further causing the one or more processors to determine that the search query is a task-oriented search query using at least one query log.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one query log comprises at least one of aggregate past user session data and current session data associated with the user.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein determining that the search query is a task-oriented search query comprises determining that the search query is a navigational search query.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein determining that the search query is a task-oriented search query comprises determining that the search query is a categorical search query.

14. The system of claim 9 further causing the one or more processors to navigate to one of the at least one related URLs upon user selection of a representation corresponding with the one of the at least one related URLs.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one related URL is automatically identified.

16. A method for providing uniform resource locators (URLs) related to search results determined for search queries input by users, the method comprising:
receiving a search query;
determine that the search query is a task-oriented search query;
determining that the user intends to engage in a particular task, wherein the particular task is one of shopping, social networking, researching a topic, reading news, reviewing blogs, searching for reviews, or booking a trip;
identifying a plurality of search results that satisfies the search query;
identifying a related URL that is related to one of the plurality of search results;
present an identifier for the at least one related URL in association with an identifier for the at least one search result;
present a control in association with the identifier for the at least one related URL and the identifier for the at least one search result, each control permitting user input of an additional query, wherein the identifier for the at least one related URL and the identifier for the at least one search result are presented in association with one another on a search engine results page;
receiving, via the control, user input of the an additional query; and
searching web site content associated with the related URL to determine if any of the website content matches the additional query.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising determining that the search query is a task-oriented search query using at least one query log.

18. The method of claim 16 further comprising navigating to the related URL upon user selection of the related URL.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein the related URL is automatically identified.

Assignees

• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Agrawal Nitin
• Govani Tabreez
• Buckley Jamie P
• Cameron Michael Maxwell
• Chen Liwei
• Williams Hugh Evan
• Ahari Sanaz
• Zhang yang yang
• Aaleti Srinath Reddy

Classifications

• G06F17/30864

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30876 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F16/951 Primary

  Indexing; Web crawling techniques · CPC title

• G06F16/955

  using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL] · CPC title

• G06F16/9566

  URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links · CPC title