Method and system for blending search engine results from disparate sources into one search result
US7219090B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 25, 2003 |
| Grant date | May 15, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 25, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99945
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Provided is a method and system for blending a plurality of search engine results from a respective plurality of search sources into one search engine. A result list of entries is received from each search source. Each result list includes at least, for each entry on the list, a position of the entry, an address of a document, and a relevance score of the document. A determined transformation is applied to the relevance scores of at least a subset of the documents in at least one of the received result lists so as to generate transformed scores. Finally portions of the respective results lists are combined to produce a blended search engine result comprising a blended list of entries. The ordering of the blended list of entries is based, at least in part, on the transformed scores of the documents.
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