Systems and methods for the creation, update and use of an event based search index in a networked computer environment using distributed agents

A search system, comprising:

• a server computer coupled to a plurality of user computer devices of a team over a network, the server computer including:
• a data store including an event based search index;
• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable on the processor for:
• receiving an event from an agent resident on a user computing device, the event associated with a user interaction with a content item at the user computing device, wherein the content item is accessible by the user at a Uniform Resource locator (URL) included in the event;
• storing, in the event based search index of the data store at the search system, an event object representing the event in association with a content object representing the content item, wherein the event object is associated with a user identifier for the user, the event object indicates an action type indicating a type of the user interaction with the content item, the content object includes the URL of the content item and the content object is associated with a team object representing the team associated with the user;
• receiving a search from the user at the search system from the user at the user computing device;
• accessing the event based search index to determine a set of content objects based on the search;
• based on the determined set of content objects, determining at least one associated event objects stored in the event based search index, wherein each of the determined at least one associated event objects is associated with the user identifier for the user and one of the set of content objects;
• determining a total score for each of the set of content objects based on the at least one associated event objects, wherein determining a total score for each of the set of content object comprises:
• determining a first weighted score based on recency of user access for the content object;
• determining a second weighted score based on recency of team access for the content object;
• determining a third weighted score based on frequency of user access for the content object;
• determining a fourth weighted score based on frequency of team access for the content object;
• and
• combining the first, second, third, and fourth weighted scores to determine the total score;
• ranking the set of content objects based on the total score associated with each content object, wherein ranking comprises ordering each total score from highest total score to lowest total score;
• selecting a result set of content objects from the ranked set of content objects based on the ranking;
• forming a search result to be presented to the user at the user computer, wherein the search result include the URLs for each of the result set of content objects;
• and
• returning the search result to the user device.