Systems and methods for modifying search results based on a user's history

A method for using a set of historical activities to modify a response to a search request, comprising:

• receiving a submitted search query from a search requester;
• obtaining search results relevant to the submitted search query from a document repository;
• identifying a respective history score for a plurality of the search results;
• and
• modifying a display of the search results in accordance with the history scores.

A method for using a user's historical activities to enhance a set of search results, comprising:

• receiving a submitted search query from a search requester;
• obtaining current search results relevant to the submitted search query from a document repository;
• identifying a previously submitted query submitted by a previous search requester, the previously submitted query being similar to the submitted search query and having previous search results;
• identifying a previous result in the previous search results not included in the current search results;
• and
• returning the current search results and the previous result to the search requester.

A method for modifying a set of search results, comprising:

• receiving a search request from a search requester;
• identifying a set of relevant search results;
• receiving a filter request from the search requester;
• filtering the search results in accordance with the filter request and the user's previous computing activities;
• and
• returning the filtered search results to the search requester.

A method for enhancing search results, comprising:

• receiving a submitted search request from a search requester;
• identifying a set of search results from a document repository;
• identifying from a set of history events relevant to the submitted search request;
• and
• returning the set of search results and at least one of the identified history events to the search requester.

A computer program product for use in conjunction with a computer system, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium and a computer program mechanism embedded therein, the computer program mechanism comprising:

• instructions for receiving a submitted search query from a search requester;
• instructions for obtaining search results relevant to the submitted search query from a document repository, each search result having an associated search result ranking value;
• instructions for identifying at least one of the search results as having been returned to a previous search requester in response to a previous search query;
• instructions for modifying the associated search result ranking value of the identified search result;
• and
• instructions for ordering the obtained search results in accordance with the modified search result ranking value.

A computer, comprising:

• a main memory;
• a processor;
• and
• a program, stored in the main memory and executed by the processor, the program including instructions for:
• receiving a submitted search query from a search requester;
• obtaining search results relevant to the submitted search query from a document repository, each search result having an associated search result ranking value;
• identifying at least one of the search results as having been returned to a previous search requester in response to a previous search query;
• modifying the associated search result ranking value of the identified search result;
• and
• ordering the obtained search results in accordance with the modified search result ranking value.

A system for using a set of historical activities to enhance a search request, comprising:

• means for receiving a submitted search query from a search requester;
• means for obtaining search results relevant to the submitted search query from a document repository, each search result having an associated search result ranking value;
• means for identifying at least one of the search results as having been returned to a previous search requester in response to a previous search query;
• means for modifying the associated search result ranking value of the identified search result;
• and
• means for ordering the search results in accordance with the modified search result ranking value.