System and method for aggregating ranking results from various sources to improve the results of web searching
US7188106B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 30, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 6, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99936
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for aggregating rankings from a plurality of ranking sources to generate a maximally consistent ranking by minimizing a distance measure. The ranking sources may be search engines executing queries on web pages that have been deliberately modified to cause an incorrect estimate of their relevance. The invention supports combining partial rankings.
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