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Automated relevance tuning

US7546294B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 2005
Grant dateJun 9, 2009
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Expiry dateApr 10, 2026

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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 optimizing the performance of a document ranker in a search engine. Weights are assigned to the document features considered by the document ranker. The weights are optimized to produce the highest possible relative ranking for a group of test documents in response to an associated group of search queries.

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