Subsnippet handling in search results

摘要

Architecture that enables an optional display of a longer version of each subsnippet in response to user interactions such as clicking, hovering, or other suitable form of interaction. More specifically, options are provided to display additional text from a search result at the point where a subsnippet (a subsegment in a snippet that is delimited by ellipses) ends. Selecting suitable boundaries for both initial subsnippets and expanded subsnippets enables relevant information to be presented and increased readability.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented system, comprising:
an analysis component that (i) processes a result document, the result document is associated with a search result and, for each result document:
segments the document into sections and assigns each segment a quality score; andfrom a sub-portion of each segment, forms a subsnippet of descriptive textual information related to a search query, and (ii) generates at least a first version and a second version of the subsnippet; a presentation component that presents the search result as including the first version of the subsnippet, the presentation component switches between the first version and the second version of the subsnippet in response to user interaction with the subsnippet; and a microprocessor that executes computer-executable instructions associated with at least one of the analysis component or the presentation component, wherein the user interaction with the subsnippet triggers the presentation component to append the second version of the subsnippet to the first version of the subsnippet and to present a result of the appending operation as a single, combined version, such that both versions are presented together as the subsnippet.