System and method for personalized search
AssigneePaypal, Inc.
InventorsXiaoyuan Wu, Alvaro Bolivar, Wenyan Hu, Qiang Wang
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Abstract
A system and method for personalized search. The system includes a search engine that receives search input from a user and a user identification and generates a search result based on the search input; and a profiling engine to gather profile data, generate a user profile associated with a user, and rank the search result personalized to the specific user using the user profile.
Claims26
A method for providing search results on a search engine, the method comprising:
- gathering a plurality of profile data;
- generating a user profile associated with a user identification using the plurality of profile data;
- receiving a search input from a user and the user identification;
- generating a search result comprising a plurality of search result items based on the search input;
- and
- creating a ranked search result personalized to the specific user using the user profile.
A system for providing search results on a search engine, the system comprising:
- a search engine:
- to receive a search input from a user and a user identification;
- and
- to generate a search result comprising a plurality of search result items based on the user input from the user;
- and
- a profiling engine:
- to gather a plurality of profile data;
- to generate a user profile associated with the user identification using the plurality of profile data;
- and
- to create a ranked search result personalized to the specific user using the user profile.
A system to provide search results, the system comprising:
- a first means:
- to receive a search input from a user and a user identification;
- and
- to generate a search result comprising a plurality of search result items based on the user input;
- and
- a second means:
- to gather a plurality of profile data;
- to generate a user profile associated with the user identification using the plurality of profile data;
- and
- to create a ranked search result personalized to the specific user using the user profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.