Reranking and increasing the relevance of the results of Internet searches
US7574436B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 2005 |
| Grant date | Aug 11, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99935
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are provided for reranking and increasing the relevance of the results Internet searches. A search query is initially parsed into individual units. Each unit corresponds to one or more words that represents a natural concept. A concept network is analyzed to locate concepts that are related to the units in the search query. Particular concepts are selected from the concept network. Independent Internet searches are performed for each of the selected concepts. The search results from these searches are then compared to units in the original search query and ranked according to their relevance to the original search query.
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