Microsoft technology licensing, llc (20240119097). PROVIDING RECENT EVENT INFORMATION FOR WEB SEARCH QUERIES simplified abstract

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PROVIDING RECENT EVENT INFORMATION FOR WEB SEARCH QUERIES

Organization Name

microsoft technology licensing, llc

Inventor(s)

Manoj Kumar Agarwal of Hyderabad (IN)

Gandhi Rajeshkumar Ronnie of Surat (IN)

PROVIDING RECENT EVENT INFORMATION FOR WEB SEARCH QUERIES - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240119097 titled 'PROVIDING RECENT EVENT INFORMATION FOR WEB SEARCH QUERIES

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes a patent application for an electronic device that identifies frequently occurring search queries, maintains frequency counts for each query, matches URLs based on text, generates news event profiles, and presents relevant URLs and related search queries to users.

  • The device identifies and tracks popular search queries in a query log.
  • It matches URLs based on their text and adds them to news event profiles.
  • Users can query the device, which will present relevant news event profiles and related search queries.

Potential Applications

This technology could be applied in search engines, news aggregation platforms, and content recommendation systems.

Problems Solved

This technology helps users discover relevant information quickly and efficiently by presenting them with related URLs and search queries.

Benefits

Users can easily access a curated list of URLs and related search queries, saving time and effort in finding relevant information.

Potential Commercial Applications

"Enhancing User Experience with Personalized Content Recommendations"

Possible Prior Art

One possible prior art could be the use of recommendation systems in e-commerce platforms to suggest products based on user browsing history.

Unanswered Questions

How does the device prioritize which URLs to present to the user?

The abstract does not specify the criteria used to determine the relevance of URLs in the news event profiles.

Can users provide feedback on the presented URLs and search queries?

It is unclear from the abstract whether users have the ability to provide input or feedback on the recommendations presented to them.


Original Abstract Submitted

an electronic device may identify one or more search queries occurring frequently in a query log during a temporal period and maintain, for each of the one or more search queries, a frequency count of the search query occurring in the query log. the device may identify, a plurality of uniform resource locators (urls) and match, one or more urls of the plurality of urls based on text of the urls. the device may generate a news event profile for each search query and add each of the matching urls into a respective news event profile. the device may receive a query from a user and identify, a matching news event profile. the device causes urls of the matching news event profile and one or more related search queries from the first group of search queries to be presented to the user.