Identifying the items most relevant to a current query based on user activity with respect to the results of similar queries
US7996396B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 2006 |
| Grant date | Aug 9, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 27, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/951
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A facility for ranking in a result set is described. The facility establishes a system of ratings for combinations of a web page with the query term that reflect the level of relevance of the web page to the query term. In response to each of a number of content interactions performed by users, each with respect to a result corresponding to a web page included in a result set that was generated in response to a query comprising a set of one or more query terms, the facility adjusts a rating score for each combination of the web page and a query term among the set of query terms. For each of a number of web pages included as results in a distinguished result set produced in response to a distinguished query comprising a set of distinguished query terms, the facility (1) selects established and adjusted reading scores for each combination of the web page and a query term among the distinguished set of query terms, and (2) determines a ranking score for the result in the distinguished result set by combining the selected reading scores.
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