Method and system for presenting content summary of search results

Abstract

Methods, systems and programming for presenting a content summary of search results is described herein. In one example, at least one search result may be fetched based on a search query. A determination may be made that a summary has previously been generated for at least some of the at least one search result, and the summary may be retrieved. A search result page including the at least one search result and at least part of the summary may be generated, and the search result page may be sent in response to the search query.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A method for presenting a content summary of a search result, the method being implemented on at least one computing device comprising at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform connected to a network, the method comprising:
 fetching at least one search result based on a search query;   determining that a summary has previously been generated for at least some of the at least one search result;   retrieving the summary;   generating a search result page comprising the at least one search result and at least part of the summary; and   sending the search result page in response to the search query.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein receiving the search query comprises at least one of:
 receiving the search query selected from one or more search queries presented to a user; and   receiving the search query provided by the user.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one search result comprises multiple search results, the summary comprises a combined summary for the multiple search results. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving a user action to trigger display of the summary associated with the at least one search result, wherein the user action is associated with a particular search result of the at least one search result, and the user action causing a first summary associated with the particular search result to be exposed.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein a number of search results associated with the at least one search result is controlled by a user. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein a number of search results associated with the at least one search result is set by a search engine. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least part of the summary comprises a predetermined number of words of the summary. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein fetching the at least one search result comprises:
 determining one or more verticals from which search results are retrievable, wherein the one or more verticals are specified by at least one of a user and a search engine.   
     
     
         9 . A system for presenting a content summary, comprising:
 a search results fetching module configured to fetch at least one search result based on a search query;   a summary fetching module configured to:
 determine that a summary has previously been generated for at least some of the at least one search result; and 
 retrieve the summary; and 
   a search results page generating module configured to:
 generate a search result page comprising the at least one search result and at least part of the summary; and 
 send the search result page in response to the search query. 
   
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 a user interfacing module configured to at least one of:
 receive a selection of the search query from one or more search queries presented to the user; and 
 receive keywords typed by the user. 
   
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the at least one search result comprises multiple search results, the summary comprises a combined summary for the multiple search results. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 a user interfacing module configured to receive a user action to trigger display of the summary associated with the at least one search result, wherein the user action is associated with a particular search result of the at least one search result, and the user action causing a first summary associated with the particular search result to be exposed.   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein a number of search results associated with the at least one search result is controlled by a user. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein a number of search results associated with the at least one search result is set by a search engine. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the at least part of the summary comprises a predetermined number of words of the summary. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein summary fetching module is further configured to:
 determine one or more verticals from which search results are retrievable, wherein the one or more verticals are specified by at least one of a user and a search engine.   
     
     
         17 . A method for presenting a summary of a search result, the method being implemented on at least one computing device comprising at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform connected to a network, the method comprising:
 receiving a plurality of search queries, each search query of the plurality being substantially similar;   fetching search results based on the plurality of search queries;   sending a number of requests to a content summarization engine to perform real-time content summarization based on the search results; and   causing, in response to the number of requests reaching a threshold, the content summarization engine to perform the real-time content summarization to generate a summary for the search results.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , further comprising:
 receiving a first search query;   fetching at least a first search result based on the first search query;   sending a first request to the content summarization engine to perform real-time content summarization based on the first search result;   determining, based on the first request, that the first search query and the plurality of search queries are substantially the same;   retrieving the summary; and   generating a search result page comprising the at least one first search result and at least part of the summary.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 17 , further comprising:
 receiving a first search query;   fetching at least a first search result based on the first search query;   sending a first request to the content summarization engine to perform real-time content summarization based on the first search result;   determining, based on the first request, that the first search result and the search results are substantially the same;   retrieving the summary; and   generating a search result page comprising the at least one first search result and at least part of the summary.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the number of requests reaching the threshold indicates a popularity of one of the search query or the search results.