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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2010
Henry Feild, Amherst, MA (US);
Omer Emre Velipasaoglu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Benoit Dumoulin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Elizabeth F. Churchill, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rosemary Jones, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jeffrey Bardzell, Bloomington, IN (US);
Henry Feild, Amherst, MA (US);
Omer Emre Velipasaoglu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Benoit Dumoulin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Elizabeth F. Churchill, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rosemary Jones, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jeffrey Bardzell, Bloomington, IN (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for providing search assistance technologies based on a user's search self-efficacy and search frustration. The method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises receiving a search query from a user. The method then calculates the user's search self-efficacy and calculates the user's frustration with the current information task. The method then identifies a plurality of search assistance technologies based on the user's search self-efficacy and frustration. Finally, the method provides a search engine results page comprising a plurality of search results and the identified plurality of search assistance technologies.