US 12,111,872 B2
Comparative search within user-generated content
Diego Baron, Miami, FL (US); Hillary Page Ive, San Carlos, CA (US); and Rudi Anggono, Maplewood, NJ (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/160,839.
Application 18/160,839 is a continuation of application No. 16/946,981, filed on Jul. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,568,004.
Prior Publication US 2023/0350955 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 7/02 (2006.01); G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01); G06F 16/957 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 16/951 (2019.01) [G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01); G06F 16/9577 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, in response to a search query, a set of user reviews from a plurality of user reviews relating to a plurality of entities that correspond to one or more search terms of the search query, the set of user reviews including a first user review for a first entity and a second user review for a second entity, the first entity being different than the second entity;
ranking the plurality of entities based on relevance of respective user reviews to the one or more search terms;
obtaining a first textual snippet of the first user review including first information relevant to the search query;
obtaining a second textual snippet of the second user review including second information relevant to the search query; and
providing at least the first textual snippet and the second textual snippet for simultaneous display on a user interface of a client device in accordance with the ranking.