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Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018

Filed:

May. 11, 2016
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Edward Thomas Banti, Seattle, WA (US);

Thomas Jay Hoover, Seattle, WA (US);

Alexander Michael Spinelli, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30554 (2013.01); G06F 17/3053 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments that involve selecting supplemental content to be included with search results in a network page. At least one search result is generated by executing a search based at least in part on relevance to a search query. Supplemental content is selected based at least in part upon relevance to the search query without regard to the at least one search result. A subset of the supplemental content is selected in response to determining that the subset is permitted to be presented together in a search results page as defined by at least one compatibility rule. The search results page is generated to include the subset of the supplemental content and the search results.


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