Modular search object framework

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9830388-B2
Application number	US-201414266548-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 30, 2014
Priority date	Apr 30, 2014
Publication date	Nov 28, 2017
Grant date	Nov 28, 2017

Abstract

A modular search object framework provides modular search results including entity and non-entity search results. The framework includes circuitry that outputs an interactive entity section based on an online search. The interactive section includes a plurality of moveable visual objects, such as cards that can be shuffled, flipped, or swiped around.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system stored in a non-transitory medium executable by processor circuitry, comprising:
a plurality of module circuitry, wherein the plurality of circuitry includes entity graphical user interface (GUI) module circuitry;
inter-module interface circuitry configured to communicatively couple at least the entity GUI circuitry to one or more other circuitry of the plurality of module circuitry; a plurality of entity circuitry; and
inter-framework interface circuitry configured to communicatively couple at least one entity circuitry of the plurality of entity circuitry to the entity GUI module circuitry, wherein the entity GUI module circuitry is configured to interact with the at least one entity module to output an interactive entity section to a page view in response to a search query,
wherein the interactive section includes a plurality of moveable visual objects with information relevant to an entity corresponding to the at least one entity circuitry, the plurality of moveable visual objects being moveable within the interactive entity section, wherein each entity circuitry of the plurality of entity circuitry is a person entity circuitry, a place entity circuitry, a thing entity circuitry, or any combination thereof, wherein the moveable visual objects are cards, wherein a card of the cards includes a miniature tray of miniature cards within the card, and wherein the miniature cards include information relevant to the entity.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising framework circuitry comprising the plurality of module circuitry, the inter-module interface circuitry, the plurality of entity circuitry, and the inter-framework interface circuitry.

3. The system of claim 2 , further comprising network communications circuitry communicatively coupled to the framework circuitry, wherein the network communications circuitry is configured to communicatively couple the system to a client device over a network, and wherein the entity section is displayed via a client-side application installed on the client device.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein movement by an object of the plurality of moveable objects is seamless without unintentional visual artifacts, due to close coupling of client-side
circuitry of the framework circuitry and native operating system circuitry of the client device, circuitry of the client-side application, or both.

5. The system of claim 2 , wherein the framework circuitry further comprises inter-entity interface circuitry configured to communicatively couple at least one of the plurality of entity circuitry to one or more other of the plurality of entity circuitry.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein each module circuitry of the plurality of module circuitry includes corresponding user interface circuitry, configuration circuitry, analytic circuitry, data processing circuitry, data storage circuitry, data retrieval circuitry, navigation circuitry, or any combination thereof.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the cards have rounded corners.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the entity is a first entity and the entity section is a first entity section, and wherein at least one of the plurality of moveable visual objects includes at least one link to a second entity section corresponding to a second entity.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein a first object of the moveable visual objects is overlapping a second object of the moveable objects.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein at least the first overlapping object of the
moveable visual objects is moveable to view at least part of the second object of the moveable visual objects beneath the first object.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one object of the moveable visual objects is adjacent to one other object of the moveable objects.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one object of the moveable visual objects is abutting one other object of the moveable objects.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least part of the information relevant to the entity on at least one of the moveable objects is information predicted, by analytic circuitry of the system, to be information intended to be viewed by an audience member of the entity section.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the analytic circuitry is configured to use machine learning to determine the predicted information according to historical online user interaction data, and wherein the historical online user interaction data includes data pertaining to clicks, searches, dwell times, or any combination thereof.

Assignees

• Excalibur Ip Llc

Inventors

• Andress Scott Richard
• Hepworth Guy
• Coelho Rafael Vasconcellos
• Barkema Carrie Christina Merry
• Poon Andrew
• Grass Vanessa Ilona
• Wai Conrad
• Bhattacharjee Arnabnil
• Lee Ivan Young
• Gupta Abhay Kumar
• Korn Alicia
• Zhao Yihong
• De Barros Chapiewski Guilherme
• Plasmeier Michael Eric

Classifications

• G06F3/0483

  Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor · CPC title

• G06F16/90324 Primary

  using system suggestions · CPC title

• G06F40/14

  Tree-structured documents (parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226) · CPC title

• G06F3/04845

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title

• G06F40/295

  Named entity recognition · CPC title