US 11,868,357 B2
Search result ranking and presentation
Chen Zhou, Shanghai (CN); Chen Ding, Redwood City, CA (US); David Francois Huynh, San Francisco, CA (US); JinYu Lou, Shanghai (CN); Yanlai Huang, Shanghai (CN); Hongda Shen, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Guanghua Li, Shanghai (CN); Yiming Li, Gainesville, FL (US); and Yangyang Chai, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/816,529.
Application 17/816,529 is a continuation of application No. 16/584,229, filed on Sep. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,403,301.
Application 16/584,229 is a continuation of application No. 15/205,624, filed on Jul. 8, 2016, granted, now 10,445,328, issued on Oct. 15, 2019.
Application 15/205,624 is a continuation of application No. 13/570,043, filed on Aug. 8, 2012, granted, now 9,390,174, issued on Jul. 12, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0365942 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/2452 (2019.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); G06F 16/901 (2019.01); G06F 16/9038 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/24578 (2019.01) [G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/24526 (2019.01); G06F 16/9024 (2019.01); G06F 16/9038 (2019.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, the computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving a search query from a computing device;
parsing the search query to identify an entity type;
retrieving search results based on the search query;
ranking the search results based at least in part on a modifying concept related to the entity type;
generating a horizontally scrollable display of the search results based on ranking the search results, wherein each of the search results includes a thumbnail link in the horizontally scrollable display; and
causing the horizontally scrollable display of the search results to be presented at the computing device.