Patent · US Expired

Systems and methods for discovery of data that needs improving or authored using user search results diagnostics

US7702671B2 · kind B2 · utility

8Cited by
5References
6Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateApr 29, 2005
Grant dateApr 20, 2010
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 16, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/9538
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A search mechanism is evaluated or a relevance model checked using session level and result level diagnostics based on user behavior during a search session with respect to queries entered and user responses to result lists. Tracking occurs of when content desired by a user exists, but is not returned in a search result list when a query is made by the user with intent to find the desired content, when content desired by the user does not exist, when content desired by a user exists, but is not recognized by the user in a result list or is too low in a result list. A user's intent and search context is also taken into consideration when performing search mechanism diagnostics.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.