Performant relevance improvements in search query results
US7529736B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 6, 2005 |
| Grant date | May 5, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99933
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Property store information and an aggregation of a plurality of ranking mechanisms, including a learning mechanism, are leveraged to provide performant query results with increased user relevancy. The learning mechanism permits query feedback to be accepted to facilitate in optimizing user relevance. This mechanism can also be incorporated with traditional Information Retrieval (IR) components, each supplying independent ranking to a relevance aggregation function that determines relevancy at a high level. This precludes diminishing the value of query feedback that occurs when the data is fed into traditional IR algorithms. By allowing the query feedback to maintain its proper weighting and utilizing scope and bias capabilities of the property store information, relevance increases in a highly performant manner.
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