Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods of and systems for searching by incorporating user-entered information
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Application No.: US15144604Application Date: 2016-05-02
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Publication No.: US10311068B2Publication Date: 2019-06-04
- Inventor: Michael Tanne , Yunshan Lu , Bruce D. Karsh
- Applicant: Pinterest, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: Pinterest, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Pinterest, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: Arthorus, PLLC
- Main IPC: G06F16/00
- IPC: G06F16/00 ; G06F16/2457 ; G06F16/951 ; G06F16/332 ; G06F16/9535 ; G06F3/0482 ; G06F17/22

Abstract:
A system for and a method of using user-entered information to return more meaningful information in response to Internet search queries are disclosed. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises managing a database in response to multiple user inputs and displaying search results from the database in response to a search query. The search results include a results list and supplemental data related to the search query. Managing the database includes, among other things, re-ranking elements in the results list, storing information related to relevancies of elements in the results list, blocking a link in the results list, storing links to documents related to the search query, or any combination of these. The supplemental data include descriptions of or indices to one or more concepts related to the search query.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160246796A1 METHODS OF AND SYSTEMS FOR SEARCHING BY INCORPORATING USER-ENTERED INFORMATION Public/Granted day:2016-08-25
Information query