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US 2006/0069663 A1Published application
Ranking results for network search query
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsEytan Adar, Li Zhang, Lada Adamic, Rajan Lukose
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Abstract
A method and system for ranking results for a network search query. The method includes receiving a network search query; obtaining weblogs relevant to the search query from a database; scoring the weblogs based on a time when information pertaining to the search query appeared on weblogs; and displaying a ranking of the weblogs.
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1) A method, comprising:
- receiving a network search query;
- obtaining weblogs relevant to the search query from a database;
- scoring the weblogs based on (1) a time-stamp indicating when information pertaining to the search query appeared on weblogs and (2) a network flow path, through the weblogs, of information pertaining to the search query;
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- displaying a ranking of the weblogs.
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7) A computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system to perform:
- receiving plural uniform resource locators (URLs) that are relevant to a network search query;
- assigning scores to internet weblogs based on (i) when in time the weblogs mention a URL in the plural URLs, and (ii) a flow path of the URLs between the weblogs;
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- ranking the weblogs based on the score assignments.
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13) A computer system, comprising:
- logic to receive a network search query;
- logic to retrieve weblogs that are relevant to the search query;
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- logic to score the weblogs based on (i) a time and date when information pertaining to the search query was cited in the weblogs, (ii) a number of different weblogs that cited information pertaining to the search query, and (iii) a network path of how information pertaining to the search query flowed between the weblogs.
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