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US 8,078,606 B2Granted
Rank-based estimate of relevance values
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorRichard O. Slackman
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Abstract
A method includes submitting a query to multiple search engines. The method also includes receiving a ranked list of search results from each search engine based on the query. The method includes determining a search engine weighting value for each search engine, where each search engine weighting value indicates a degree of relevance of a category of specialization of a particular search engine to a category of the query.
Claims17
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- submitting a query to multiple search engines via a computer network by a computing device;
- receiving at the computing device, a ranked list of search results from each search engine based on the query;
- determining a first weighting value of a first search engine of the multiple search engines, wherein the first search engine is specialized in a first category and wherein the first weighting value indicates a degree of relevance of the first category to a category of the query;
- determining a second weighting value of a second search engine of the multiple search engines, wherein the second search engine is specialized in a second category and wherein the second weighting value indicates a degree of relevance of the second category to the category of the query;
- and
- determining a final relevance value for each search result from the first search engine and from the second search engine,
- wherein determining the final relevance value for each particular search result from the first search engine includes applying the first weighting value and a search result relevance value of the particular search result from the first search engine and wherein determining the final relevance value for each particular search result from the second search engine includes applying the second weighting value and a search result relevance value of the particular search result from the second search engine.
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A system, comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- submit a query to multiple search engines;
- receive a ranked list of search results from each search engine based on the query;
- determine a first weighting value of a first search engine of the multiple search engines, wherein the first search engine is specialized in a first category and wherein the first weighting value indicates a degree of relevance of the first category to a category of the query;
- determine a second weighting value of a second search engine of the multiple search engines, wherein the second search engine is specialized in a second category and wherein the second weighting value indicates a degree of relevance of the second category to the category of the query;
- and
- determine a final relevance value for each search result from the first search engine and from the second search engine,
- wherein determining the final relevance value for each particular search result from the first search engine includes applying the first weighting value and a search result relevance value of the particular search result from the first search engine and wherein determining the final relevance value for each particular search result from the second search engine includes applying the second weighting value and a search result relevance value of the particular search result from the second search engine.
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A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a computer system to:
- submit a query to multiple search engines;
- receive a ranked list of search results from each search engine based on the query;
- determine a first weighting value of a first search engine of the multiple search engines, wherein the first search engine is specialized in a first category and wherein the first weighting value indicates a degree of relevance of the first category to a category of the query;
- determine a second weighting value of a second search engine of the multiple search engines, wherein the second search engine is specialized in a second category and wherein the second weighting value indicates a degree of relevance of the second category to the category of the query;
- and
- determine a final relevance value for each search result from the first search engine and from the second search engine,
- wherein determining the final relevance value for each particular search result from the first search engine includes applying the first weighting value and a search result relevance value of the particular search result from the first search engine and wherein determining the final relevance value for each particular search result from the second search engine includes applying the second weighting value and a search result relevance value of the particular search result from the second search engine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.