Search ranking method for file system and related search engine
US7644069B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 27, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jan 5, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 11, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/148
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides a search ranking method suitable for a file system, including receiving a query, calculating final relevance scores of individual file items with respect to the query at least partially in accordance with energy scores of individual nodes on a current file system energy tree, and outputting a list of search results based on the final relevance scores. The file system energy tree is updated in response to an operation on the file system performed by a user, wherein the file system energy tree has a tree structure corresponding to that of the file system, and the individual nodes thereof respectively corresponds to the individual file items in the file system
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