US 12,235,856 B1
Performing unified search using a hybrid search index
Devin Mancuso, San Francisco, CA (US); Alan Chu, Arvada, CO (US); Brett Bergeron, Portland, OR (US); Maor Bar Asher, New York, NY (US); Ryan YeePin Yheng, Milpitas, CA (US); and Shweta Kode, Sammamish, WA (US)
Assigned to Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/815,619.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/24578 (2019.01) [G06F 16/248 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, from a client device, a search query for searching a hybrid search index;
in response to the search query, generating, from the hybrid search index, a search result comprising one or more content items corresponding to the search query;
ranking the one or more content items within the search result according to observation layer data defining historical display locations of the one or more content items included in the search result, world state data defining device metrics and environmental metrics of the one or more content items, and user interaction data corresponding to the one or more content items; and
based on ranking the one or more content items, providing the search result for display on the client device in ranked order within a search result interface.