Patent Application

App. No. 11/614,743

Abstract

Claims (63)

1 . A method for supplementing an input content with related content, the method comprising:

receiving an input content for which related content is to be identified;

extracting text associated with the input content;

identifying concepts within the extracted text;

identifying at least one taxonomy associated with the concepts;

analyzing the concepts using the at least one taxonomy to generate a set of categorized concepts associated with one or more categories of the at least one taxonomy;

submitting the categorized concepts to a database, wherein the database stores data that are indexed based on their categories;

requesting, from the database, the related content associated with the categorized concepts;

receiving, from the database, the related content in response to the request;

supplementing the input content with the related content; and

enabling a user to view the related content.

2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the input content includes a search query for which search results are to be retrieved.

3 . The method of claim 2 wherein extracting the text associated with the input content includes extracting keywords comprising the search query.

4 . The method of claim 2 wherein extracting the text associated with the input content further includes:

accessing the search results; and

extracting the text from the accessed search results.

5 . The method of claim 1 wherein:

receiving the input content includes receiving a uniform resource locator; and

extracting the text associated with the input content includes:

accessing a web page located at the uniform resource locator; and

extracting text associated with the web page.

6 . The method of claim 1 wherein:

receiving the input content includes receiving an RSS feed; and

extracting the text associated with the input content includes extracting the text included in the RSS feed.

7 . The method of claim 1 wherein:

receiving the input content includes receiving an entry within a Blog; and

extracting the text associated with the input content includes extracting the entry within the Blog.

8 . The method of claim 1 wherein the related content includes an advertisement or sponsored link corresponding to one or more cost-per-click, cost-per-impression, or cost-per-action terms that are relevant or related to the input content.

9 . The method of claim 1 wherein identifying the concepts within the extracted text includes identifying one of noun phrases or proper nouns included in the text.

10 . The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the related content further includes:

identifying a category of the categorized concept; and

identifying, as the related content, content that appear within the database and that are associated with the identified category.

11 . A system for supplementing an input content with related content, the system comprising:

a context analysis processing device; and

a storage device storing instructions for causing the context analysis processing device to:

receive an input content for which related content is to be identified;

extract text associated with the input content; identify concepts within the extracted text;

identify at least one taxonomy associated with the concepts;

analyze the concepts using the at least one taxonomy to generate a set of categorized concepts associated with one or more categories of the at least one taxonomy;

submit the categorized concepts to a database, wherein the database stores data that are indexed based on their categories;

request, from the database, the related content associated with the categorized concepts;

receive, from the database, the related content in response to the request;

supplement the input content with the related content; and

enable a user to view the related content.

12 . The system of claim 11 wherein the input content includes a search query for which search results are to be retrieved.

13 . The system of claim 12 wherein, to extract the text associated with the input content, the instructions include instructions for extracting keywords comprising the search query.

14 . The system of claim 12 wherein, to extract the text associated with the input content, the instructions further include instructions for:

accessing the search results; and

extracting the text from the accessed search results.

15 . The system of claim 11 wherein:

to receive the input content, the instructions include instructions for receiving a uniform resource locator; and

to extract the text associated with the input content, the instructions include instructions for:

accessing a web page located at the uniform resource locator; and

extracting text associated with the web page.

16 . The system of claim 11 wherein:

to receive the input content, the instructions include instructions for receiving an RSS feed; and to extract the text associated with the input content, the instructions include instructions for extracting the text included in the RSS feed.

17 . The system of claim 11 wherein:

to receive the input content, the instructions include instructions for receiving an entry within a Blog; and

to extract the text associated with the input content, the instructions include instructions for extracting the entry within the Blog.

18 . The system of claim 11 wherein the related content includes an advertisement or sponsored link corresponding to one or more cost-per-click, cost-per-impression, or cost-per-action terms that are relevant or related to the input content.

19 . The system of claim 11 wherein to identify the concepts within the extracted text, the instructions include instructions for identifying one of noun phrases or proper nouns included in the text.

20 . The system of claim 11 wherein to receive the related content, the instructions further include instructions for:

identifying a category of the categorized concept; and identifying, as the related content, content that appear within the database and that are associated with the identified category.

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