Hierarchical entity information for search

摘要

A fast browsing architecture for exploring hierarchical lists of entities through a search user interface. A graphical UI operates to handle the hierarchical lists and sub-lists in different ways for different scenarios such as a hierarchical level is zero (only one list of entities associated with a query and the list cannot be further drilled down), a second scenario where the hierarchical level is one (a list of entities associated with the query and these entities can be further drilled down to a number of sub-lists) and the sub-lists cannot be further drilled down, and a third scenario where the hierarchical level is more than one (a list of entities associated with the query and these entities can be further drilled down to a number of sub-lists), sub-lists can be further drilled down to a number of lists, until there are no more drill down lists to be found.

主权项

1. A processor, and a memory device configured with instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to enable a system, the system comprising:
a data structure of lists of entities of query and entity relationships extracted from a search entity data source, the data structure having different levels of hierarchy; and a search user interface that enables browsing of the lists of entities of the data structure as related to a specific query, wherein the lists are presented as a scrollable set of interactive elements expandable into scrollable sub-lists and interactive entities.