Elizabeth L Churchill

US Patent:

20120166467, Jun 28, 2012

Filed:

Dec 23, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/978261

Inventors:

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

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707768, 707E17014

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.