Recommended query formulation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9690860-B2
Application number	US-201414320255-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2014
Priority date	Jun 30, 2014
Publication date	Jun 27, 2017
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017

Abstract

Briefly, embodiments disclosed herein may relate to formulating recommended search queries. Search query recommendations may be based, at least in part, on multiple user searches performed at least in part in response to consumption of publicly available content, for example.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
analyzing one or more queries submitted by one or more users at least in part in response to consumption by the one or more users of digital content;
generating a plurality of recommended queries based at least in part on the one or more queries submitted by the one or more users;
communicating one or more of the plurality of recommended queries between at least one computing device and one or more computing devices for one or more other users at least in part in response to consumption of the digital content by the one or more other users, the plurality of recommended queries to be displayed by the one or more computing devices for the one or more other users;
obtaining a selection of one or more of the one or more recommended queries from a particular user of the one or more other users; and
communicating between the at least one computing device and a computing device for the particular user a search page for display by the computing device for the particular user, wherein the search page includes an area to display the plurality of recommended queries.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the analyzing the one or more queries submitted by the one or more users comprises:
selecting the one or more users based at least in part on a determination that the one or more users have accessed the digital content; and
monitoring search queries submitted by the one or more users.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the selecting the one or more users comprises selecting the one or more users based at least in part on a determination that the one or more users have accessed the digital content within a specified period of time.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the specified period of time comprises a period of time beginning approximately at publication of the digital content and extending approximately a specified length of time.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the monitoring the search queries submitted by the one or more users comprises monitoring the search queries submitted by the one or more users during a specified period of time.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating the plurality of recommended queries comprises selecting the one or more users based, at least in part, on one or more demographic attributes or one or more browsing behaviors, or a combination thereof, of the one or more users.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communicating the one or more of the plurality of recommended queries comprises communicating the one or more of the plurality of recommended queries for display in an area of a web page, wherein the web page further comprises the digital content.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
obtaining an additional selection of one or more of the plurality of recommended queries from the particular user of the one or more other users; and
communicating between the at least one computing device and the computing device for the particular user a web page for display by the computing device for the particular user, wherein the web page includes an additional area to display the plurality of recommended queries, such that the plurality of recommended queries appear to the particular user to follow the particular user as the particular user browses from the search page to the web page.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the digital content comprises an electronic document.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the electronic document comprises a web page.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the analyzing the one or more queries submitted by one or more users at least in part in response to consumption of the digital content comprises analyzing one or more queries submitted by one or more early users.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the one or more other users comprise one or more subsequent users.

13. An article, comprising: a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by at least one computing device to:
analyze one or more queries to be submitted by one or more users at least in part in response to consumption by the one or more users of digital content;
generate a plurality of recommended queries based at least in part on the one or more queries to be submitted by the one or more users;
communicate one or more of the plurality of recommended queries between the at least one computing device and one or more computing devices for one or more other users at least in part in response to consumption of the digital content by the one or more other users, the plurality of recommended queries to be displayed by the one or more computing devices for the one or more other users;
obtain a selection of one or more of the one or more recommended queries from a particular user of the one or more other users; and
communicate between the at least one computing device and a computing device for the particular user a search page for display by the computing device for the particular user, the search page to include an area to display the plurality of recommended queries.

14. The article of claim 13 , wherein, to analyze the one or more queries to be submitted by the one or more users, the storage medium having stored thereon further instructions executable by the computing device to:
select the one or more users based at least in part on a determination that the one or more users have accessed the digital content; and
monitor search queries to be submitted by the one or more users.

15. The article of claim 14 , wherein the storage medium having stored thereon further instructions executable by the computing device to select the one or more users based at least in part on a determination that the one or more users will have accessed the digital content within a specified period of time.

16. The article of claim 15 , wherein the specified period of time to comprise a period of time to begin approximately at publication of the digital content and to extend approximately a specified length of time.

17. The article of claim 14 , wherein the storage medium having stored thereon further instructions executable by the computing device to monitor the search queries to be submitted by the one or more users during a specified period of time.

18. The article of claim 13 , wherein the storage medium having stored thereon further instructions executable by the computing device to generate the plurality of recommended queries based, at least in part, on one or more demographic attributes or one or more browsing behaviors, or a combination thereof, of the one or more users.

19. The article of claim 13 , wherein the storage medium having stored thereon further instructions executable by the computing device to communicate the one or more of the plurality of recommended queries to be displayed in an area of a web page, wherein the web page further to comprise the digital content.

20. The article of claim 13 , wherein the storage medium having stored thereon further instructions executable by the computing device to:
obtain an additional selection of one or more of the one or more recommended queries from the particular user of the one or more other users; and
communicate between the at least one computing device and the computing device for the particular user a web page for display by the computing device for the particular user, the web page to include an additional area to display the plurality of recommended queries, such that the plurality of recommended queries to appear to the particular user to follow the pa

Assignees

• Yahoo Inc

Inventors

• Bax Eric
• Peng John
• Ard Scott
• Autuchirayll Arun

Classifications

• G06F17/30867 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30997

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/3064

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30648

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/3097

  Physics · mapped topic