Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying a visualizable results list are disclosed. A method includes receiving, by a processing device, a search query including a plurality of search terms, grouping, by the processing device, the search terms into a plurality of units, where each unit includes a related one or more of the search terms, accessing, by the processing device, metadata for each document in a plurality of search results that corresponds to the search query, annotating, by the processing device, one or more locations in each document with a first indicator for each of the search terms in a first unit and a second indicator for each of the search terms in a second unit based on the metadata, and displaying, by the processing device, a visualizable results list comprising the search results with the first indicator and the second indicator.

Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying a visualizable results list in response to an electronic search request are disclosed. A method includes accessing metadata for each of a plurality of search results that result from a search query, annotating one or more locations in each search result with first and second indicators for each of one or more grouped search terms in first and second units based on the metadata, and displaying a visualizable results list that includes the plurality of search results and a corresponding hit pattern for each search result. The hit pattern includes the first indicator and the second indicator.

Abstract: Various technologies related to generating and applying content retrieval rules are described herein. A content retrieval rule maps a combination of a query and a context to one of a query reformulation or content. The content retrieval rule is learned from search logs of a search engine, and is applied when the query having the context is received at the search engine.

Abstract: Technology is disclosed herein for compressing, encoding, and otherwise reducing the size of resource files. In at least one implementation, similarity compression is employed to reduce the size of a resource file. In another implementation, map-less encoding is employed to reduce the number of bytes used to represent a resource string. Bit-level compression is employed in another implementation to reduce the quantity of bits used to encode each character in a string. In addition, implementations are disclosed related to technology for naming strings and accelerated string location and retrieval.

Abstract: Various methods and systems for performing analytics based on hierarchical categorization of content are provided. Analytics can be performed using an index building workflow and a classification workflow. In the index building workflow, documents are received and analyzed to extract features from the documents. Hierarchical category paths can be identified for the features. The documents are indexed to support searching the documents for the hierarchical category paths. In the classification workflow, a query, that includes or references content, may be received and analyzed to extract features from the content. The features are executed against a search engine that returns search result documents associated with hierarchical category paths. The hierarchical category paths from the search result documents may be used to generate a topic model of the content associated with the query.

Abstract: An online system generates personalized video heat map for a target user, which visually indicates segments of a video likely to be of interest to the target user. The online system divides the video into the segments and identifies actions performed by users other than the target user on each of the segments. The online system determines embedding vectors describing each segment as represented by the identified actions performed on the segment and also determines an embedding vector describing the target user. Based on those embedding vectors, a personalized score for the segment is determined using a trained model. The online system uses the personalized score for each segment of the video to generate the personalized heat map. The personalized heat map can be provided to the target user along with the video.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for receiving a request that includes an entity identifier of an entity that is referenced by a search query submitted by a user and one or more context terms that are referenced by the search query; identifying a plurality of knowledge elements that are related to the entity; identifying one or more context terms that are associated with the entity that is referenced by the search query; assigning, by one or more computers, rank scores to the plurality of knowledge elements, based at least on identifying the one or more context terms that are associated with the entity that is referenced by the search query; selecting one or more of the knowledge elements from among the knowledge elements based at least on the rank scores assigned to the knowledge elements; and providing, in response to the request, information associated with the entity and the one or more selected knowledge elements.

Abstract: Examples receive an input indicating a Graphical User Interface (GUI) selection of an attribute displayed in an analytics visualization dashboard, where the selected attribute is associated with a search term. Some examples perform a federated search across a plurality of repositories using the search term and through a content web service. Some examples obtain results of the federated search performed in the repositories, the results being content metadata associated to the search term, the content metadata relating to contents stored in the repositories and the content metadata including links to the contents. Some examples display the content metadata in the analytics visualization dashboard and provide access, through the links, to the contents associated with the displayed content metadata.

Abstract: A social networking system provides a user with a feed of content items associated with other users connected to the user via the social networking system. Additionally, the social networking system identifies additional content items having various characteristics to the user. If the user selects an additional content item, further content items having one or more characteristics matching the selected additional content item are identified and presented to the user along with the additional content item. For example, a size of the selected additional content item is increased and the further content items are presented in a smaller size proximate to the selected additional content item.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for identifying objects depicted in videos. An image repository stores image frames of a video. Respective ones of the image frames are accessed from the image repository by a reverse image search engine in communication with the image repository via a network. A screen capturer captures screenshots of search results pages returned via the network from the reverse image search engine, thereby converting dynamic data included in respective ones of the search results pages into corresponding static data included in respective ones of the screenshots. The search results pages correspond to the respective ones of the image frames. A text identifier identifies textual information presented in the respective ones of the screenshots. An object identifier identifies an object depicted in the video based on at least one criteria applied to records generated from portions of the textual information determined to be associated with a search term.

Abstract: A computer hardware system for synchronization of data between a first data system and a second data system includes an event propagation processor. Both data systems are modeled as a collection of representation state transfer (REST) resources. The event propagation processor is configured to integrate data between the first and second data systems for events about data changes in the data systems. The processor includes an adaptation layer in the form of an HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) facade to represent REST resources. The adaptation layer includes a provider component configured to provide access to data resources in one of the data systems, and an initiator component configured to emit events corresponding to data changes in one of the data systems.

Abstract: A system and method for analyzing visual memes includes identifying visual memes associated with at least one topic in a data source. The visual memes propagated over time are tracked to extract information associated with identified visual memes. The information associated with the visual memes is analyzed to determine at least one of generation, propagation, and use of the identified memes.

Abstract: A system allows people to more easily find products matching their skin tone. The system includes a database that categorizes cosmetic products according to a skin tone color set. The system includes a scanning device to scan one or more spots of a person's skin. For example, three different spots can be scanned. The scan determines a skin-tone identifier for the person's skin. With this skin-tone identifier, the customer can view products that match their skin tone.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for populating a form using a search query. In one aspect, a method include actions of providing a form for display on a user device. Additional actions include, while a particular field of the form is selected, receiving a request to perform a search query, in response to receiving the request, receiving one or more query terms, obtaining a result of performing a search query that includes the one or more query terms, and automatically populating the particular field of the form with the result of the search query.

Abstract: Queries that involve multiple tables in a data warehouse system may be specified through structured query language (“SQL”) statements that include union, order by, and limit clauses. When the tables are partitioned, a query of this type may be processed by forming a query plan in which intermediate results are formed by applying sort and limit operators at the partition level, combining the intermediate results from the partitions, and again applying sort and limit operations. Additional clauses, such as a unique clause, may also be pushed down to the partition level and reapplied at the level of the result set.

Abstract: A method is described for monitoring data store performance and recommending a data store structure for a data store. The method may include analyzing a data store structure to determine whether the data store structure corresponds to a set of criteria, analyzing a query executed against the data store structure to determine performance of the query with respect to the data store structure and providing a proposed data store structure to a customer based at least on part on the analysis of the data store structure and analysis of the query.

Abstract: A hardware module for an application search system includes a data processing module that generates a plurality of canonical application structures each identifying a canonical application, a plurality of application editions associated with the canonical application, and respective attributes associated with the at least one application edition. The data processing module generates search indexes including the plurality of canonical application structures and the respective attributes. An application search module receives a search query from a user, selects at least one of the search indexes based on the search query and the respective attributes, identifies an initial set of canonical applications using the selected search index based on the search query, generates search results based on the initial set of canonical applications, and provides the search results to the user.

Abstract: Methods and systems for processing a database query are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a SQL database query at a database query handling server, and parsing the SQL database query to identify a database and one or more tables and columns identified by the SQL database query. The method also includes determining a query plan based on the parsed database query. At a database engine, and based on the query plan and the identified database, tables and columns, the method further includes identifying a set of data nodes implicated by the identified database, tables and columns, determining a set of reduce operations and levels at which each of the set of map-reduce operations are to execute, and passing the query plan, the set of data nodes, and the map-reduce operations to a map-reduce query execution framework. The map-reduce query framework returns records as query results to the client system.

Abstract: A document such as a book or textbook includes multiple sections such as chapters. Concept phrases are determined for each of the sections based on the text of each section. A set of content items such as videos is received, and each content item is associated with one or more queries that were submitted by users who were provided the content item in a set of search results. These queries are processed to determine concept phrases that are associated with the content items. The content items and their associated concept phrases are compared with the concept phrases associated with the sections to determine, for some or all of the content items, a minimum subset of the sections whose associated concept phrases cover most of the concept phrases that are associated with the content item. The content items are inserted or linked with the sections in their corresponding minimum subsets.

Abstract: A computerized datacenter contextual search query interpretation method includes receiving a search query from a user; displaying search suggestions based on the search query and obtaining a selected one of the search suggestions. Any time period associated with the search query is identified, instructions based on the selected search suggestion and any time period for searching a data model of a datacenter are generated to obtain search results and display a graphical visualization of the search results.