Document search engine including highlighting of confident results
US7836391B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 10, 2003 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 12, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/951
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A search engine includes a decision component that determines whether documents that are returned in response to a user search query are likely to be very relevant to the search query. Links that refer to documents that the search engine determines to likely be very relevant may be displayed with visual cues that assist the user in browsing the links. The decision component may base its decision on a number of parameters, including: (1) the position of the document in a ranked list of search results, (2) the click through rate of the document, (3) relevance scores for the document and other documents that are returned as hits in response to the search query, and (4) whether the document is classified as a pornographic document (the search engine may refrain from showing visual cues for potentially pornographic documents).
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