US 11,720,947 B2
Method, media, and system for generating diverse search results for presenting to a user
Saratchandra Indrakanti, Pleasanton, CA (US); Manojkumar Rangasamy Kannadasan, Freemont, CA (US); Rajyashree Mukherjee, San Carlos, CA (US); Svetlana Strunjas, Menlo Park, CA (US); and Shubhangi Tandon, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to EBAY INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/655,935.
Prior Publication US 2021/0118034 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0625 (2013.01) [G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/24578 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for providing a visualization of diverse search results, the computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving a search query at a search engine;
identifying a set of item listings based on the search query;
ranking item listings within the set of item listings based at least partly on one or more delta feature values for at least a subset of item listings, the one or more delta feature values being dependent on higher-ranked item listings within the set of item listings;
providing for display the ranking of item listings as search results for the search query; and
based upon a hover interaction with a particular item listing of the item listings, providing a diversity feature indicator for the particular item listing of the item listings within the ranking of item listings that disappears when a cursor is moved away from the particular item listing of the item listings, wherein the diversity feature indicator visually represents a diversity feature for the particular item listing being different than higher-ranked item listings and visually distinguishes the diversity feature from other features identified in the particular item listing, and further wherein the diversity feature indicator includes a pop-up message displayed within a user interface corresponding to the search engine, the pop-up message explaining how the particular item listing is different from other item listings.