280 results about "Internet searching" patented technology

Systems and methods allow a user of a text or graphics editor to quickly create multiple robust internet search queries by selecting and ranking groups or individual key words from a document. A user who is composing or reading a document can identify and link multiple sets of key words into separate search queries by highlighting and assigning either unique search numbers, colors or other readily ascertained indicators of their logical relation. Each individual search query is routed to selected internet search engines, and the results are returned to the user in the same viewed document. The user may select the form in which the results are displayed. For example, results may be listed within the document by way footnotes, endnotes, or separate hover or pull-down windows accessible from the search terms. In addition, the user can browse, sort, rank, edit or eliminate portions of the results.

An Internet search engine ranks search results based on popularity with mobile-device users. Geo-position data from cell phones and other mobile devices are collected into a device geo-position database. The geo-position data is compared to locations of businesses in a business database. When a mobile device's geo-position moves inside a business location, a traffic counter for that business location in the business database is updated. When an Internet user performs a local search, the result set is sorted based on a rank that is at least partially determined by the traffic counters. The popularity-ranked search results indicate which businesses received the most mobile-device visits, an indication of the business's overall popularity. The popularity ranking may be adjusted for business size by dividing the traffic counter by the square footage of the business and sorting the result set based on the mobile-device visits, or repeat visits, per square foot.

Methods and systems for creating a knowledge graph that relates terms in a corpus of literature in the form of an assertion and provides a probability of the veracity of the assertion are disclosed herein. Various aspects of the invention are directed to and / or involve knowledge graphs and structured digital abstracts (SDAs) offering a machine readable representation of statements in a corpus of literature. Various methods and systems of the invention can automatically extract, structure, and visualize the statements. Such graphs and abstracts can be useful for a variety of applications including, but not necessarily limited to, semantic-based search tools for search of electronic medical records, specific content verticals (e.g. newswire, finance, history) and general internet searches.

A computer implemented method of generating keyword recommendations is provided, which includes providing keyword frequency data in computer readable media that indicate frequency counts of keywords used in past internet searches; providing keyword affinity data in computer readable media that indicate affinities between pairs of keywords used in past user internet searches; identifying keywords from the keyword frequency data that include the selected keyword; identifying keywords from the keyword affinity data that have an affinity to the selected keyword; and prioritizing the identified keywords based upon the keyword frequency.

The invention relates to coupon information (e.g., actual coupons, links to coupon, and information related to one or more coupons) that may be selectively displayed based on an association with search terms for an internet-based search. If a user, for instance, submits a search request to an internet-based search engine, the search engine may process the request and provide the search results, but, in addition, a coupon engine may perform a separate search to determine the availability of coupons relating to the search (e.g., based on one or more search terms, one or more of the search results, or other criteria). Available coupons (or coupon information) may then be displayed with, or separately from, the general internet search results.

The popularity of web pages is monitored and used to rank the web pages retrieved in response to an Internet search. The popularity of a web page is proportionate to the number of visits to that web page. Web pages with greater popularity are ranked higher in priority. Furthermore, the score of a first web page is propagated to a plurality of second web pages to which the first web page is linked substantially in relative proportion to the popularity of the links from the first web page to each of the second web pages. Monitoring devices monitor TCP packets traversing the Internet and extract information from the TCP packets, such as the requested URI or URL, the client IP address, a server IP address and a server host name, and a referrer URI, if any. The extracted information is forwarded to a processing module that keeps track of the popularity of the web pages.

The invention provides a system and a method of searching for information in a database using a query. In the method, it comprises the steps of: disambiguating the query to identify keyword senses associated with the query; disambiguating information in the database according to the keyword senses; indexing the information in the database according to the keyword senses; expanding the keyword senses to include relevant semantic synonyms for the keyword senses to create a list of expanded keyword senses; searching the database to find relevant information for the query using the expanded keyword senses; and providing search results of the included information containing the keyword senses and other semantically related words senses. The system comprises modules which disambiguate queries and information and indexes the information in a database of word senses.

A system is disclosed that uses behavioral data collected by ISPs to categorize particular ISP subscribers. The behavioral data may, for example, include the identities of particular web sites and / or web pages accessed by particular subscribers, the search queries used by the subscribers to conduct Internet searches, and / or other types of behavioral information. The ISP subscribers are assigned to particular behavioral categories or “segments” using a behavioral segmentation schema that maps particular subscriber behaviors to particular behavioral segments. The ISP subscribers may also be mapped to other segment types, such as demographic segments derived from off-line data about the subscribers. The subscriber-to-segment mappings are made available to content targeting entities via a query interface that, for example, supports queries of the form “what are the segments associated with IP address X?”

A mobile radio terminal (10), a message center (54) and an Internet server (58) are configured to allow a user of the mobile radio terminal to conduct an Internet search and view search results without subscribing to an Internet service offered by a communications service provider. The Internet search is conducted using an exchange of text or multimedia messages.

An Internet search system integrates additional concept-related information into a regular web search engine, providing better page ranking and richer presentation of search results. The additional information is directly related to the contents of the retrieved web pages but does not appear on the retrieved web pages and / or in the link structure. The new search system searches a conventional web page collection together with databases containing publications and semantic web data, which provides the aforesaid additional information.

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) or proxies owned by ISPs collect and store information regarding particular users (100) in user profiles. Profiles may include demographic information, such as age, residence, and credit history, and may include web sites the user has accessed, time spent on each web site, and Internet searches the user performed. Profile information (304) may be utilized by the proxy (102) to target advertising, provided to a web server (104) so the web server (104) may target advertising, or used to customize a user's display. Profile information (304) may also be utilized to associate a cost with certain demographic information. The ISP may evaluate profile information (304) for inserting advertisements or customizing displays. Profile information (304) may also be sold to a third party. Thus, the profile and demographic information (304) can be utilized to individually customize information displayed to a client (100).

In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a client application for enabling access to an online service and displaying advertisements while the user is accessing the online service. The client application receives play lists from the online service provider. The play lists include information about advertisements to be played and the order of play. The client application also receives match lists from the online service provider. The match lists include information about advertisements to be played when the user performs certain actions. The client application also displays a wide variety of sponsorship information in connection with the online service. The sponsorship information is displayed in hypertext format. The client application provides the user with information related to a sponsor when the user clicks on hypertext associated with the sponsor.

A system is disclosed that uses behavioral data collected by ISPs to categorize particular ISP subscribers. The behavioral data may, for example, include the identities of particular web sites and / or web pages accessed by particular subscribers, the search queries used by the subscribers to conduct Internet searches, and / or other types of behavioral information. The ISP subscribers are assigned to particular behavioral categories or “segments” using a behavioral segmentation schema that maps particular subscriber behaviors to particular behavioral segments. The ISP subscribers may also be mapped to other segment types, such as demographic segments derived from off-line data about the subscribers. The subscriber-to-segment mappings are made available to content targeting entities via a query interface that, for example, supports queries of the form “what are the segments associated with IP address X?”.

A method and apparatus for intelligent Internet searching, the apparatus residing as a software application on a user's computer (the client). A single subject database of sources of directly and indirectly accessible content is stored on the client and accessed by the application. The database also necessary information for searching each source. Preferably, the database is updated at a regular interval. Multiple simultaneous hidden database searches may be performed by the application by linking the client to the appropriate database access pages on the network and forwarding the user's desired search information. Preferably, search results are updated and compared to highlight new information.

A system is disclosed that uses behavioral data collected by ISPs to categorize particular ISP subscribers. The behavioral data may, for example, include the identities of particular web sites and / or web pages accessed by particular subscribers, the search queries used by the subscribers to conduct Internet searches, and / or other types of behavioral information. The ISP subscribers are assigned to particular behavioral categories or “segments” using a behavioral segmentation schema that maps particular subscriber behaviors to particular behavioral segments. The ISP subscribers may also be mapped to other segment types, such as demographic segments derived from off-line data about the subscribers. The subscriber-to-segment mappings are made available to content targeting entities via a query interface that, for example, supports queries of the form “what are the segments associated with IP address X?”

An internet search utility that combines and presents search results from disparate data sources to the user in a multi-view format. The search terms are disambiguated and a series of prioritized Views is displayed to the user in a View Mix interface. Each View includes a unique interface, processing widgets, and a unique combination of data sources. A View Picker determines, based on specific criteria, which Views are relevant and prioritizes the Views for the View Mix. As the user considers which View to select, the Pre-Caching Module conducts a background search, and preloads snapshots of top URLs for display. Selecting a particular View initiates a search per the instructions of that view. The resulting data is displayed in the View format. Views may be created by third parties or end users to reflect any particular preference thus yielding a multitude of unique views from which to consume search results.

Techniques are provided for reranking and increasing the relevance of the results Internet searches. A search query is initially parsed into individual units. Each unit corresponds to one or more words that represents a natural concept. A concept network is analyzed to locate concepts that are related to the units in the search query. Particular concepts are selected from the concept network. Independent Internet searches are performed for each of the selected concepts. The search results from these searches are then compared to units in the original search query and ranked according to their relevance to the original search query.

A computer-implementable method for selection and delivery of a customized consumer offer or engagement dialog by a live customer service representative (CSR) in communication with said consumer comprises upon a first communication from the consumer to the CSR, enabling the CSR to acquire from a first computer system at least one identifying feature of said consumer; using the at least one identifying feature to generate automatically, without CSR involvement, a search of the internet, via a second computer system, to acquire at least one current, real time internet content cue relating to said consumer, said real time internet content cue being collected while the CSR maintains engagement with the consumer; processing, via the second computer system, the at least one identifying feature and the at least one current, real time internet content cue to generate a consumer profile for said consumer; analyzing the consumer profile to create customized consumer offer or engagement dialog; and prompting the CSR to provide the customized offer or engagement dialog to the consumer.

The invention provides a method and system for word capture on the screen of touch screen equipment, and touch screen equipment. The method comprises obtaining information in a page region enclosed by a user finger on a touch screen; and analyzing the information, splitting the text in the information into key words or phrases and displaying the key words or phrases on the touch screen for user selection. The invention can further split the displayed key word or phrase, or combine the displayed key word or phrase with other key words or phrases to form a new key word or phrase for display. Furthermore, at least one operation domain is displayed on the touch screen at the same time, and after the action of selectively dragging the displayed key word or phrase into the operation domain by the user is acquired, corresponding operation is executed. According to the invention, rapid accurate word capture can be realized, and various operations can be conveniently carried out, such as Internet searching, copying to paste board, sharing, microblog writing, dialing, short message sending and email sending.

A media schedule search system in accordance with the invention combines together EPG search capabilities with Internet engine search capabilities. In one embodiment of this invention we propose to build Internet EPG system that uses EPG guide data as a basis for set of automatically generated search criteria for the Internet search system. In one embodiment of this invention search results are used for enhancing event description. In one embodiment of this invention we propose to build an EPG network system that uses EPG as a TV data search engine enhancement.

The present invention describes a method that is based on an analysis of document information, and which can be used for conducting and potentially accelerating business opportunity assessments and technology investment decisions. Documents include patent documents, scientific and trade literature, magazines, e-zines, Internet search results and the like. The system can be implemented as an automatic or semi-automatic analysis system, and it ultimately provides a document index or visual index from which technology, investment or business decisions can be drawn. The method comprises the steps of selecting a document data set for analysis, selecting one or more analysis means, such as means to determine relationships among the documents in the selected set, and then, forming a representation of the result for further analysis, display or planning.

A system fetches, parses, organizes and displays aggregated XML-based content, including—but not limited to—RSS feeds, XML feeds, ATOM feeds, RDF feeds, CDF feeds and Podcasts, embedding that information into a newsreader or aggregator format in the computer user's desktop wallpaper. This creates a fully interactive wallpaper system that pushes information the user desires to his desktop on a regular and continuing basis. In various embodiments, the newsreader can include a variety of content, including Internet search boxes, weather information, advertising and more. The newsreader includes “Hide” and “Show” buttons to allow the computer user to hide the interactive content from view. While the current embodiment is for the display of news information aggregated from Internet sources, the system can be used for many other applications, as well, including—but not limited to—intra—and interoffice communication, technical diagnostic display, document and media editing / management and instant messaging.

A mobile radio terminal, a message center and an Internet server are configured to allow a user of the mobile radio terminal to conduct an Internet search and view search results without subscribing to an Internet service offered by a communications service provider. The Internet search is conducted using an exchange of text or multimedia messages.

Disclosed is a method and system for capturing and reporting information relating to an organization's queries, such as Internet search queries generated by particular groups within an organization, and making such information available to others to support various decisions organizations must make. The search activity of search-level users may be constantly tracked, and search event data records (including query terms and an identification of the search-level user) are collected and analyzed. An analytics engine receives and analyzes the search event data and determines when predefined organization-specific relationships exist between queries of distinct users. When such a relationship is identified, a notification message or alert may be generated indicating the existence of such relationship, and directed to a person in the organization other than the search-level users whose queries were found as relating to one another, thus allowing such person receiving the notification to take action in response to the related activity.

An educational system presents an interactive avatar representing a subject matter expert in a particular field on a student's device, where the avatar can respond to queries posed by the student, and accompany the response with additional supporting information. The avatar's responses are based on artificial intelligence comparisons between the student queries and a knowledge base of anticipated questions, responses and learning goals. An authoring manager system employs natural language processing to identify an underlying meaning in the student's query and to add semantically equivalent questions in the knowledge base and internet searches to aid in compiling the list of anticipated questions. A student profile is stored containing student information and a history of the student's interaction with the avatar. Learning manager software, using the learning goals in the knowledge base and a record of the conversation, can compare and assess the student's progress to the learning goals.

The invention provides a voice network search method and device for a mobile communication terminal. The voice network search method includes the following steps: when the user starts the voice network search function, receiving the voice signal input by the user; recognizing the voice signal input by the user on the acoustic level indicated by the pronunciation symbols based on the acoustic model, and recognizing the voice signal based on the language model transcribe speech signals into text data; initiate Internet searches based on recognized text data; record and store search results; display search results; collect various raw text data and normalize raw text data; use and analyze speech signals to tune the acoustic model, and the regularized text data to tune the language model.