公开(公告)号：US08762360B2

公开(公告)日：2014-06-24

申请号：US13102536

申请日：2011-05-06

申请人： Li Jiang ,  Milind Mahajan ,  Amit Kumar ,  Paul Alfred Viola ,  Sanaz Ahari ,  Steve Macbeth

发明人： Li Jiang ,  Milind Mahajan ,  Amit Kumar ,  Paul Alfred Viola ,  Sanaz Ahari ,  Steve Macbeth

IPC分类号： G06F17/30 ,  G06F7/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30867

摘要： Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing methods are provided for implicitly discovering applications using a query or search results, where the query does not explicitly target a particular application. A search engine is used to receive a user-initiated query and to employ a keyword of the query to generate an initial set of search results. Characteristics of the search results are identified and applications that are relevant to the characteristics are determined. The determination of relevant applications include: accessing an application manifest that manages a mapping between applications and predefined characteristics; comparing the characteristics of the search results against the predefined characteristics of the application manifest to determine a match; and, when a match exists between the search-result characteristics and the predefined characteristics, identifying applications mapped to the matched characteristics as being relevant to the search results. These identified applications are presented in response to the query.

摘要翻译： 提供了计算机可读介质，计算机系统和计算方法，用于使用查询或搜索结果隐式发现应用程序，其中查询未明确定位特定应用程序。 搜索引擎用于接收用户发起的查询并且使用查询的关键词来生成初始搜索结果集。 确定搜索结果的特征，确定与特征相关的应用。 相关应用的确定包括：访问管理应用程序和预定义特性之间的映射的应用程序清单; 将搜索结果的特征与应用程序清单的预定义特征进行比较以确定匹配; 并且当搜索结果特征与预定特征之间存在匹配时，将映射到匹配特征的应用识别为与搜索结果相关。 这些识别的应用程序是响应于查询而呈现的。

公开(公告)号：US08732151B2

公开(公告)日：2014-05-20

申请号：US13078648

申请日：2011-04-01

申请人： Alnur Ali ,  Jianfeng Gao ,  Xiaodong He ,  Bodo von Billerbeck ,  Sanaz Ahari

发明人： Alnur Ali ,  Jianfeng Gao ,  Xiaodong He ,  Bodo von Billerbeck ,  Sanaz Ahari

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30672

摘要： Systems, methods, and computer media for identifying query rewriting replacement terms are provided. A list of related string pairs each comprising a first string and second string is received. The first string of each related string pair is a user search query extracted from user click log data. For one or more of the related string pairs, the string pair is provided as inputs to a statistical machine translation model. The model identifies one or more pairs of corresponding terms, each pair of corresponding terms including a first term from the first string and a second term from the second string. The model also calculates a probability of relatedness for each of the one or more pairs of corresponding terms. Term pairs whose calculated probability of relatedness exceeds a threshold are characterized as query term replacements and incorporated, along with the probability of relatedness, into a query rewriting candidate database.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于识别查询重写替换术语的系统，方法和计算机媒体。 接收包括第一串和第二串的相关字符串对的列表。 每个相关字符串对的第一个字符串是从用户点击日志数据中提取的用户搜索查询。 对于一个或多个相关字符串对，字符串对作为统计机器翻译模型的输入提供。 该模型识别一对或多对对应的术语，每对对应的术语包括来自第一个字符串的第一项和来自第二个字符串的第二个项。 该模型还计算一对或多对相应项中的每一对的相关概率。 其相关性概率超过阈值的术语对被表征为查询词替换，并将其与相关性的概率一起并入查询重写候选数据库中。

公开(公告)号：US20130054587A1

公开(公告)日：2013-02-28

申请号：US13218418

申请日：2011-08-25

申请人： Sanaz Ahari ,  Timothy C. Hoad ,  Deepak Vijaywargi ,  Yatharth Saraf

发明人： Sanaz Ahari ,  Timothy C. Hoad ,  Deepak Vijaywargi ,  Yatharth Saraf

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30867

摘要： Techniques are described herein for processing social search results. Such social search results may be included in a relatively higher-ranked (e.g., a highest-ranked) subset of a user's search results and/or selected from a relatively lower-ranked subset of the user's search results in response to a determination that the relatively higher-ranked subset includes social search result(s). In one example, the social search results (or a subset thereof) may be annotated to include publicly available rich metadata. Such metadata may be extracted from user profiles on social networking domains from which the social search results are received. In another example, the social search results (or a subset thereof) may be clustered such that they are consecutively ranked. In yet another example, the social search results (or a subset thereof) may be configured to be displayed in a designated arrangement (e.g., in a grid having multiple columns).

摘要翻译： 这里描述了用于处理社会搜索结果的技术。 这样的社会搜索结果可以被包括在用户的搜索结果的相对较高排名（例如，排名最高的）子集中和/或从用户的搜索结果的相对较低排名的子集中选择，以响应于确定 相对较高排名的子集包括社会搜索结果。 在一个示例中，社会搜索结果（或其子集）可以被注释为包括公开可用的富元数据。 这样的元数据可以从接收社交搜索结果的社交网络域上的用户简档中提取。 在另一示例中，社会搜索结果（或其子集）可以被聚类，使得它们被连续地排名。 在又一示例中，社会搜索结果（或其子集）可以被配置为以指定的布置显示（例如，在具有多个列的网格中）。

公开(公告)号：US20120209835A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-16

申请号：US13454637

申请日：2012-04-24

申请人： Sanaz Ahari ,  Xiaoxin Yin ,  Farid Hosseini ,  Sarthak Shah ,  Adam Troy ,  Dan Fain ,  Brian MacDonald ,  Nikhil Dandekar ,  Michael Cameron

发明人： Sanaz Ahari ,  Xiaoxin Yin ,  Farid Hosseini ,  Sarthak Shah ,  Adam Troy ,  Dan Fain ,  Brian MacDonald ,  Nikhil Dandekar ,  Michael Cameron

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30864 ,  G06F7/00 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F17/30702 ,  G06F17/30867

摘要： Computer-readable media and computerized methods for automatically organizing search results according to task groups are provided. The methods involve aggregating a gallery of entities (e.g., search queries that share a common categorization) into a query class and assigning a dictionary (e.g., list of terms that are drawn from various sources) to the query class. The task groups are identified from the list of terms within the dictionary. The process of identification includes analyzing patterns of user search behavior to select terms from the list of terms, which reflect popular user search intents, and ranking the selected terms based on predetermined parameters to produce an ordering. Based on the ordering, a set of the selected terms that are highest ranked are declared the task groups. The task groups are employed to arrange the search results on a UI display and to provide a consistent and intuitive format for refining a search.

摘要翻译： 提供了根据任务组自动组织搜索结果的计算机可读介质和计算机化方法。 这些方法包括将实体库（例如，共享公共分类的搜索查询）聚合到查询类中并将查询类别的字典（例如，从各种来源绘制的术语列表）分配。 任务组从字典中的术语列表中识别。 识别过程包括分析用户搜索行为的模式以从反映流行用户搜索意图的术语列表中选择术语，并且基于预定参数对所选项进行排序以产生排序。 根据排序，将排列最高的选定术语集合声明为任务组。 任务组用于在UI显示器上排列搜索结果，并提供一致和直观的格式来完善搜索。

公开(公告)号：US08190601B2

公开(公告)日：2012-05-29

申请号：US12471116

申请日：2009-05-22

申请人： Sanaz Ahari ,  Xiaoxin Yin ,  Farid Hosseini ,  Sarthak Shah ,  Adam Troy ,  Daniel C. Fain ,  Brian MacDonald ,  Nikhil Dandekar ,  Michael Cameron

发明人： Sanaz Ahari ,  Xiaoxin Yin ,  Farid Hosseini ,  Sarthak Shah ,  Adam Troy ,  Daniel C. Fain ,  Brian MacDonald ,  Nikhil Dandekar ,  Michael Cameron

IPC分类号： G06F7/00 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30864 ,  G06F7/00 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F17/30702 ,  G06F17/30867

摘要： Computer-readable media and computerized methods for automatically organizing search results according to task groups are provided. The methods involve aggregating a gallery of entities (e.g., search queries that share a common categorization) into a query class and assigning a dictionary (e.g., list of terms that are drawn from various sources) to the query class. The task groups are identified from the list of terms within the dictionary. The process of identification includes analyzing patterns of user search behavior to select terms from the list of terms, which reflect popular user search intents, and ranking the selected terms based on predetermined parameters to produce an ordering. Based on the ordering, a set of the selected terms that are highest ranked are declared the task groups. The task groups are employed to arrange the search results on a UI display and to provide a consistent and intuitive format for refining a search.

摘要翻译： 提供了根据任务组自动组织搜索结果的计算机可读介质和计算机化方法。 这些方法包括将实体库（例如，共享公共分类的搜索查询）聚合到查询类中并将查询类别的字典（例如，从各种来源绘制的术语列表）分配。 任务组从字典中的术语列表中识别。 识别过程包括分析用户搜索行为的模式以从反映流行用户搜索意图的术语列表中选择术语，并且基于预定参数对所选项进行排序以产生排序。 根据排序，将排列最高的选定术语集合声明为任务组。 任务组用于在UI显示器上排列搜索结果，并提供一致和直观的格式来完善搜索。

公开(公告)号：US08977625B2

公开(公告)日：2015-03-10

申请号：US12968481

申请日：2010-12-15

申请人： Gregory T. Buehrer ,  Li Jiang ,  Paul Alfred Viola ,  Andrew Paul McGovern ,  Jakub Jan Szymanski ,  Sanaz Ahari

发明人： Gregory T. Buehrer ,  Li Jiang ,  Paul Alfred Viola ,  Andrew Paul McGovern ,  Jakub Jan Szymanski ,  Sanaz Ahari

IPC分类号： G06F7/00 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30867

摘要： Methods, systems, and media are provided for facilitating generation of an inference index. In embodiments, a canonical entity is referenced. The canonical entity is associated with web documents. One or more queries that, when input, result in a selection of at least one of the web documents are identified. An entity document is generated for the canonical entity. The entity document includes the identified queries and/or associated text from the content of a document or from an entity title that result in the selection of the at least one of the web documents. The entity document and corresponding canonical entity can be combined with additional related entity documents and canonical entities to generate an inference index.

摘要翻译： 提供了方法，系统和媒体以便于产生推理索引。 在实施例中，引用规范实体。 规范实体与Web文档相关联。 当输入时导致至少一个web文档的选择被识别的一个或多个查询。 为规范实体生成实体文档。 实体文档包括来自文档的内容的识别的查询和/或相关联的文本，或包括导致选择该至少一个web文档的实体标题。 实体文档和相应的规范实体可以与附加的相关实体文档和规范实体组合以生成推理索引。

公开(公告)号：US08805750B2

公开(公告)日：2014-08-12

申请号：US12641531

申请日：2009-12-18

申请人： Peter Bailey ,  Liwei Chen ,  Sanaz Ahari ,  Nipoon Malhotra

发明人： Peter Bailey ,  Liwei Chen ,  Sanaz Ahari ,  Nipoon Malhotra

IPC分类号： G06F15/18

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02

摘要： Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing devices facilitate providing a comparison experience to a user in response to a search query. Upon receiving a search query from the user, entities are extracted from the query. The entities are associated with entity classes. The entities, entity classes, previous user behavior, and other information are used to infer whether the user likely is engaging in a comparison task. If the inference indicates that the user likely is engaging in a comparison task, a comparison experience is generated and access to the comparison experience is provided to the user.

摘要翻译： 计算机可读介质，计算机系统和计算设备有助于响应于搜索查询向用户提供比较体验。 在从用户接收到搜索查询时，从查询中提取实体。 实体与实体类相关联。 实体，实体类，先前的用户行为和其他信息用于推断用户是否可能参与比较任务。 如果推理指示用户可能正在参与比较任务，则生成比较体验，并且向用户提供对比较体验的访问。

公开(公告)号：US08650173B2

公开(公告)日：2014-02-11

申请号：US12821134

申请日：2010-06-23

申请人： Kieran Richard McDonald ,  Ran Gilad-Bachrach ,  Nipoon Malhotra ,  Nitin Agrawal ,  Sanaz Ahari

发明人： Kieran Richard McDonald ,  Ran Gilad-Bachrach ,  Nipoon Malhotra ,  Nitin Agrawal ,  Sanaz Ahari

IPC分类号： G06F7/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/3089

摘要： Technologies are described herein for placing search results on a search engine results page (SERP). A query may be received. The query may be transmitted to a plurality of search result providers. A first set of search results and a second set of search results may be received from the search result providers. Intent features may be extracted from the first set of search results. User intent of the second set of search results may be inferred based on the extracted intent features. The first set of search results and the second set of search results may be ranked based on the inferred user intent. The SERP may be rendered according to the ranked first set and second set of search results.

摘要翻译： 这里描述了将搜索结果放置在搜索引擎结果页（SERP）上的技术。 可能会收到查询。 查询可以被发送到多个搜索结果提供者。 可以从搜索结果提供者接收第一组搜索结果和第二组搜索结果。 可以从第一组搜索结果中提取意图特征。 可以基于提取的意图特征来推断第二组搜索结果的用户意图。 第一组搜索结果和第二组搜索结果可以基于推断的用户意图进行排名。 可以根据排名的第一组和第二组搜索结果呈现SERP。

公开(公告)号：US20120284247A1

公开(公告)日：2012-11-08

申请号：US13102536

申请日：2011-05-06

申请人： Li Jiang ,  Milind Mahajan ,  Amit Kumar ,  Paul Alfred Viola ,  Sanaz Ahari ,  Steve Macbeth

发明人： Li Jiang ,  Milind Mahajan ,  Amit Kumar ,  Paul Alfred Viola ,  Sanaz Ahari ,  Steve Macbeth

IPC分类号： G06F7/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30867

摘要： Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing methods are provided for implicitly discovering applications using a query or search results, where the query does not explicitly target a particular application. A search engine is used to receive a user-initiated query and to employ a keyword of the query to generate an initial set of search results. Characteristics of the search results are identified and applications that are relevant to the characteristics are determined. The determination of relevant applications include: accessing an application manifest that manages a mapping between applications and predefined characteristics; comparing the characteristics of the search results against the predefined characteristics of the application manifest to determine a match; and, when a match exists between the search-result characteristics and the predefined characteristics, identifying applications mapped to the matched characteristics as being relevant to the search results. These identified applications are presented in response to the query.

摘要翻译： 提供了计算机可读介质，计算机系统和计算方法，用于使用查询或搜索结果隐式发现应用程序，其中查询未明确定位特定应用程序。 搜索引擎用于接收用户发起的查询并且使用查询的关键词来生成初始搜索结果集。 确定搜索结果的特征，确定与特征相关的应用。 相关应用的确定包括：访问管理应用程序和预定义特性之间的映射的应用程序清单; 将搜索结果的特征与应用程序清单的预定义特征进行比较以确定匹配; 并且当搜索结果特征与预定特征之间存在匹配时，将映射到匹配特征的应用识别为与搜索结果相关。 这些识别的应用程序是响应于查询而呈现的。

公开(公告)号：US20120254218A1

公开(公告)日：2012-10-04

申请号：US13078648

申请日：2011-04-01

申请人： Alnur Ali ,  Jianfeng Gao ,  Xiaodong He ,  Bodo von Billerbeck ,  Sanaz Ahari

发明人： Alnur Ali ,  Jianfeng Gao ,  Xiaodong He ,  Bodo von Billerbeck ,  Sanaz Ahari

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30672

摘要： Systems, methods, and computer media for identifying query rewriting replacement terms are provided. A list of related string pairs each comprising a first string and second string is received. The first string of each related string pair is a user search query extracted from user click log data. For one or more of the related string pairs, the string pair is provided as inputs to a statistical machine translation model. The model identifies one or more pairs of corresponding terms, each pair of corresponding terms including a first term from the first string and a second term from the second string. The model also calculates a probability of relatedness for each of the one or more pairs of corresponding terms. Term pairs whose calculated probability of relatedness exceeds a threshold are characterized as query term replacements and incorporated, along with the probability of relatedness, into a query rewriting candidate database.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于识别查询重写替换术语的系统，方法和计算机媒体。 接收包括第一串和第二串的相关字符串对的列表。 每个相关字符串对的第一个字符串是从用户点击日志数据中提取的用户搜索查询。 对于一个或多个相关字符串对，字符串对作为统计机器翻译模型的输入提供。 该模型识别一对或多对对应的术语，每对对应的术语包括来自第一个字符串的第一项和来自第二个字符串的第二个项。 该模型还计算一对或多对相应项中的每一对的相关概率。 其相关性概率超过阈值的术语对被表征为查询词替换，并将其与相关性的概率一起并入查询重写候选数据库中。