Granted Patent B2

US 12,242,551 · App. 17/510,484 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Inventor: Illan Poreh (New York, NY)

G06F16/9535G06F16/9538

Abstract

Claims (47)

1. A system comprising:

a processor including a search engine and configured to:

determine category search power values for a plurality of categories based on searching activities of a user in the plurality of categories, wherein a category power value of a corresponding category indicates a proficiency level of the user in searching for information in the corresponding category and is based on a number of clicks by the user on results of searches in the corresponding category;

determine a search power value for the user by combining the category search power values of the plurality of categories and present a user interface with the search power value and the plurality of category power values to a computing device of the user, wherein the search power value indicates a search proficiency level of the user across the plurality of categories;

receive, from the user, one or more keywords in a first search bar of the user interface for conducting a search for digital content items, a selected searching mode from among a plurality of searching modes of the search engine, and a selected privacy mode from among a plurality of privacy modes of the search engine controlling sharing of information of the search, wherein the plurality of searching modes includes modes of searching based on a market value and a popularity of the digital content items;

execute the search based on the one or more keywords, the selected searching mode, and the selected privacy mode to retrieve the digital content items from one or more of a group of a network and one or more databases;

determine access to a zoom-in component by the user;

upon determining an access by the user to the zoom-in component, open a second search bar which is integrated into the first search bar and utilize the second search bar by the user to narrow down the search result generated by the first search bar;

sort the digital content items in increasing or decreasing order based on the market value of the digital content items; and

generate a search result page including the sorted digital content items and present the search result page to the computing device of the user.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of searching modes includes a value mode that corresponds to a mode of searching the digital content items based on the market value associated with each of the digital content items, wherein the market value of the digital content items is determined based on a valuation function by finding and ranking nearest one or more previously processed digital content items having a plurality of attributes with closest similarity to a plurality of attributes of a digital content item and performing a weighted averaging or valuation functions associated with the nearest one or more previously processed and ranked digital content items.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of searching modes includes a popularity mode that corresponds to a mode of searching the digital content items based on the popularity associated with each of the digital content items.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of searching modes includes an expert mode that corresponds to a mode of searching the digital content items by one or more subject matter experts on behalf of the user, wherein the one or more subject matter experts are searched and hired by the user on the search engine based on the one or more keywords.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the search engine includes a channel component including a plurality of channels, wherein each channel corresponds to a content group associated with one or more preferred or trending keywords and one or more channels are created by the search engine based on at least one from a group of a user searching history and current trending keywords or content.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein each channel is utilized by the user to directly access preferred digital content items without searching the preferred or trending keywords.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein each channel is updated and notified to the user in real time.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein each channel is integrated with an indicator that indicates a count of new updated content with respect to a count of total content in the channel.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive, from the user in a second search bar of the user interface, one or more second keywords and conduct a search to refine the digital content items of the search result page based on the one or more second keywords.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more keywords and related search results are either kept private or made public based on the selected privacy mode of the user.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more keywords and related search results are kept private and are not shared with any other users, when the search is performed in a private mode by the user.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more keywords and related search results are shared with other users who are following the user on the search engine, when the search is performed in a public mode by the user.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the search engine includes a read what they read (RWTR) component that is configured to enable or allow the user to access at least one from a group of search keywords and related search results of the user's followings on the search engine.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein each digital content item is presented along with one or more associated static and dynamic information.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the static information of each digital content item includes a content type, and wherein the dynamic information of each digital content item includes at least a content market value and a content popularity index that are dynamically changing in real time.

16. A method comprising:

determining, via a processor, category search power values for a plurality of categories based on searching activities of a user in the plurality of categories, wherein a category power value of a corresponding category indicates a proficiency level of the user in searching the corresponding category;

determining, via the processor, a search power value for the user by combining the category search power values of the plurality of categories and presenting a user interface with the search power value to a computing device of the user, wherein the search power value indicates a search proficiency level of the user;

receiving, at the processor from the user, one or more keywords in a first search bar of the user interface for conducting a search for digital content items, a selected searching mode from among a plurality of searching modes of a search engine of the processor, and a selected privacy mode from among a plurality of privacy modes of the search engine controlling sharing of information of the search, wherein the plurality of searching modes includes modes of searching based on a market value and a popularity of the digital content items;

executing, via the processor, the search based on the one or more keywords, the selected searching mode, and the selected privacy mode to retrieve the digital content items from one or more of a group of a network and one or more databases;

determining, via the processor, access to a zoom-in component by the user;

upon determining an access by the user to the zoom-in component, opening a second search bar which is integrated into the first search bar and utilizing the second search bar by the user to narrow down the search result generated by the first search bar;

sorting, via the processor, the digital content items in increasing or decreasing order based on the market value of the digital content items; and

generating, via the processor, a search result page including the digital content items and presenting the search result page to the computing device of the user.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

receiving, at the processor from the user in a second search bar of the user interface, one or more second keywords and conducting a search to refine the digital content items of the search result page based on the one or more second keywords.

18. One or more non-transitory computer readable media having instructions stored thereon, the instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:

determine category search power values for a plurality of categories based on searching activities of a user in the plurality of categories, wherein a category power value of a corresponding category indicates a proficiency level of the user in searching the corresponding category;

determine a search power value for the user by combining the category search power values of the plurality of categories and present a user interface with the search power value to a computing device of the user, wherein the search power value indicates a search proficiency level of the user;

receive, from the user, one or more keywords in a first search bar of the user interface for conducting a search for digital content items, a selected searching mode from among a plurality of searching modes of a search engine of the processor, and a selected privacy mode from among a plurality of privacy modes of the search engine controlling sharing of information of the search, wherein the plurality of searching modes includes modes of searching based on a market value and a popularity of the digital content items;

execute the search based on the one or more keywords, the selected searching mode, and the selected privacy mode to retrieve the digital content items from one or more of a group of a network and one or more databases;

determine access to a zoom-in component by the user;

upon determining an access by the user to the zoom-in component, open a second search bar which is integrated into the first search bar and utilize the second search bar by the user to narrow down the search result generated by the first search bar;

sort the digital content items in increasing or decreasing order based on the market value of the digital content items; and

generate a search result page including the digital content items and present the search result page to the computing device of the user.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 18 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

receive, from the user in a second search bar of the user interface, one or more second keywords and conduct a search to refine the digital content items of the search result page based on the one or more second keywords.

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