Patent · US Active

Searching via user-specified ratings

US8849818B1 · kind B1 · utility

0Cited by
16References
36Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMar 21, 2012
Grant dateSep 30, 2014
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 21, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q30/0201
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and graphical user interfaces for improved searching via user specified ratings are disclosed. A rating icon for a document in a group of documents is provided. A user rates the document in the group of documents by performing a selection operation on the rating icon. A user-specific rating for the document is generated based on the user rating. A search request is received from a user. A plurality of documents that satisfy the search request are identified (including a first respective document which not previously been rated by the user but is in the group of documents that included the rated document.) A response to the search request is sent. The response includes instructions to display a ranked set of links to at least some of the documents that satisfy the search request including a link to the first respective document displayed with the user-specific rating.

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