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Boosted slashtags

US10223456B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11References

13Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Thomas M. Annau · Redwood City, US
Gregory B. Lindahl · Sunnyvale, US
Samuel Makonnen · San Francisco, US
Michael Markson · San Francisco, US
Keith Peters · San Francisco, US
Robert Michael Saliba · San Francisco, US
Al Sary · Richmond, US
Rich Skrenta · Redwood City, US
Dan Swartz · Mountain View, US
Robert N. Truel · Redwood City, US
Timothy Walters · Redwood City, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 30, 2013
Grant date	Mar 5, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 9, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F40/274
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A search engine system, including a slashtag server configured to detect at least one search operator in a search query and detect a boosting indicator associated with the at least one search operator. Additionally, a web server configured to, in response to the detected boosting indicator, and generate a first search result that includes a boosted ranking of at least a subset a plurality of search result items in the search result and display the first search result in a web browser.

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