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System and method for dynamically ranking items of audio content

US7849070B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 2006
Grant dateDec 7, 2010
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Expiry dateMay 19, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/683
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is directed to systems, methods and computer-readable media comprising program code for dynamically ranking links to items of audio content returned to a user in response to the execution of a query by a search engine. A method according to one embodiment of the present invention for dynamically ranking links to items of audio content returned to a user in response to the execution of a query by a search engine comprises receiving a query to identify links to one or more items of audio content; parsing the query into one or more logical units; determining an annotation for each of the one or more logical units; selecting a ranking heuristic according to the annotation for each of the one or more logical units and ranking a result set according to the selected ranking heuristic.

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