	US 11,836,203 B2
	Visualizing query results to improve quality of subsequent searches
Mihoko Hasegawa, Tokyo (JP); Ryoji Kurosawa, Tokyo (JP); Kensuke Matsuoka, Karnagaya (JP); and Fumihiko Terui, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Breakwater Solutions LLC, Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Breakwater Solutions LLC, Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/897,390.
Application 17/897,390 is a continuation of application No. 16/422,781, filed on May 24, 2019, granted, now 11,455,354.
Application 16/422,781 is a continuation of application No. 15/229,305, filed on Aug. 5, 2016, granted, now 10,394,914, issued on Aug. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0414172 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 16/93 (2019.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/242 (2019.01)

CPC G06F 16/9535 (2019.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/2428 (2019.01); G06F 16/93 (2019.01)]

18 Claims

1. A method for improving the quality of subsequent searches, comprising:

receiving a request from a user to perform a first search using one or more terms provided by said user;

performing said first search using said one or more terms provided by said user;

depicting a first representation of a first search result representing a set of documents of said first search as a first area with terms of interest displayed outside said first area, wherein said first area comprises a bubble or a circle, wherein said terms of interest comprise one or more of the following: correlated terms in connection with said first search result, high frequency terms in connection with said first search result, synonyms of said one or more provided terms and facet values; and

depicting said first representation of said first search result of said first search as said first area with terms of interest displayed outside said first area in response to a previous search having not been performed.