Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enabling clustered search processing via text messaging
- Patent Title (中): 通过短信进行集群搜索处理
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Application No.: US11833173Application Date: 2007-08-02
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Publication No.: US07693902B2Publication Date: 2010-04-06
- Inventor: Ben Kim , Tong Zhu
- Applicant: Ben Kim , Tong Zhu
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
- Current Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Darby & Darby P.C.
- Agent John W. Branch
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for searching data, grouping search results into categories that are ordered according to search relevance, and reviewing the search results via text messaging. In one embodiment, a search term is submitted via a search request text message to a short code for a search service. The search service searches for content based on the search term and context data, such as location of a submitting client device. The search results are clustered into categories and ranked by relevance to the search term and context within each category. The categories are also ranked relative to each other. The most relevant search result from the most relevant category is transmitted in an initial result text message, which also includes instructions to access additional results via subsequent text messages. Each result text message also includes a link to a web page of categorized search results for display in a browser.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080275864A1 ENABLING CLUSTERED SEARCH PROCESSING VIA TEXT MESSAGING Public/Granted day:2008-11-06
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