Search engine system and method employing wave equations for classifying and ranking search results

Abstract

An internet search system and method made according to this invention provides a rating/ranking for internet search results that emphasizes the discovery and curation of new content by publishers. Time-stamped internet search data is sorted and classified by detecting peaks and troughs in that data and describing them with one or more wave equations. The data is then classified into ripples according to the peak or trough in which it appears. Each search result may also be scored as a function of the detected peak in which it appears and the number of other search results within the same peak. The search system and method make these classifications and scores visible to the user by displaying them in textual, visual, or textual and visual form.

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