Delivering a filtered search result
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPatrick J. O'Sullivan, Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Edith H. Stern, Barry E. Willner
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Abstract
Delivering a filtered search result includes identifying a filtered search result in response to a search query from a user that is associated with at least one member of an augmented social group where the augmented social group including social network connections of the user and individuals other than the social network connections who share a common interest with the user and delivering the filtered search result to the user through a user interface.
Claims20
A method for delivering a filtered search result, comprising:
- identifying a filtered search result in response to a search query from a user that is associated with at least one member of an augmented social group, said augmented social group including social network connections of said user and individuals other than said social network connections who share a common interest with said user;
- and
- delivering said filtered search result to said user through a user interface.
A system for delivering a filtered search result, comprising:
- an augmented social group determination engine to determine members of an augmented social group that includes social network connections of a user and individuals other than said social network connections who share a common interest with said user;
- an identifying engine to identify a filtered search result in response to a search query from said user that is associated with at least one of said members of said augmented social group;
- and
- a delivering engine to deliver said filtered search result to said user through a user interface.
A computer program product for delivering a filtered search result, comprising:
- a tangible computer readable storage medium, said tangible computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable program code embodied therewith, said computer readable program code comprising program instructions that, when executed, causes a processor to:
- determine an interest of a user with identifying keywords in an aggregated data history of said user in textual communications, browsing history, and searching history;
- determine members of an augmented social group that includes social network connections of said user and individuals other than said social network connections who share a common interest with said user;
- identify a filtered search result in response to a search query from said user that is linked to at least one of said members of said augmented social group;
- and
- deliver said filtered search result to said user through a user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.