Apple patents search method that blends your query with your account data
Apple describes a method where a device combines a user's search term with a mathematical profile of their account to find matching digital assets. The system compares this combined profile against other data points to rank and display the most relevant results.
In the filing’s own words
One embodiment sets forth a method for providing relevant search results for search queries. According to some embodiments, the method can be implemented by a client computing device, and includes the steps of (1) receiving a query, wherein the query is associated with a user account, and the user account is associated with a user account vector, (2) generating a query vector based at least in part on the query, (3) generating an output vector based at least in part on the query vector and the user account vector, (4) obtaining, based at least in part on the query, a plurality of digital asset vectors, wherein each digital asset vector of the plurality of digital asset vectors corresponds to a respective digital asset, (5) comparing the output vector to the plurality of digital asset vectors to generate respective similarity scores for the plurality of digital asset vectors, (6) filtering the plurality of digital asset vectors in accordance with the similarity scores to establish a filtered plurality of digital asset vectors, and (7) displaying, in accordance with the filtered plurality of digital asset vectors, respective affordances for the respective digital assets that correspond to the filtered plurality of digital asset vectors.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method for providing relevant search results for search queries, the method comprising, by a client computing device: receiving a query, wherein the query is associated with a user account, and the user account is associated with a user account vector; generating a query vector based at least in part on the query; generating an output vector based at least in part on the query vector and the user account vector; obtaining, based at least in part on the query, a plurality of digital asset vectors, wherein each digital asset vector of the plurality of digital asset vectors corresponds to a respective digital asset; comparing the output vector to the plurality of digital asset vectors to generate respective similarity scores for the plurality of digital asset vectors; filtering the plurality of digital asset vectors in accordance with the similarity scores to establish a filtered plurality of digital asset vectors; and displaying, in accordance with the filtered plurality of digital asset vectors, respective affordances for the respective digital assets that correspond to the filtered plurality of digital asset vectors.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- Techniques for providing relevant search results for search queries
- Patent number
- US12737425B2
- Application number
- 19096970
- Filed
- Apr 1, 2025
- Granted
- Sep 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 20
- Claims
- 35
Classified under
G06F 16/9535 Physics & computingG06F 16/3347 Physics & computingMore from Apple in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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