Automatically ranking answers to database queries
US7251648B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 28, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 31, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 7, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99935
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for automatically ranking database records by relevance to a given query. A similarity function is derived from data in the database and/or queries in a workload. The derrived similarity function is applied to a given query and records it in the database to rank the records. The records are returned in a ranked order.
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