US 12,271,416 B2
Suppressing personally objectionable content in search results
Christian von Essen, Zurich (CH); Xiaoxiang Yu, Zurich (CH); and Matthias Heiler, Zurich (CH)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on May 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/316,035.
Application 18/316,035 is a continuation of application No. 17/063,513, filed on Oct. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,741,150.
Application 17/063,513 is a continuation of application No. 15/136,333, filed on Apr. 22, 2016, granted, now 10,795,926, issued on Oct. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0281239 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/51 (2019.01); G06F 16/58 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 40/295 (2020.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01)
CPC G06F 16/51 (2019.01) [G06F 16/5866 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 40/295 (2020.01); G06T 7/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
one or more computers; and
one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations including:
receiving a search query,
obtaining a plurality of search results in response to receiving the search query,
determining that a resource corresponding to a search result of the plurality of search results includes objectionable content,
in response to determining that the resource includes objectionable content, determining that the resource includes personally objectionable content by:
determining that the resource includes amateur imagery,
determining a popularity measure based on a number of times the search query has been received relative to other queries, and
determining the popularity measure is less than a threshold value,
in response to the resource including personally objectionable content, generating filtered search results by filtering the search result from the plurality of search results, and
providing the filtered search results in response to receiving the search query.