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US 8,412,702 B2Granted
System, method, and/or apparatus for reordering search results
AssigneeYahoo! Inc.
InventorAlex Cozzi
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Abstract
Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and systems associated with modifying search results are disclosed.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- generating search results based on a received search query associated with a particular user, the generated search results being ranked in a particular order;
- accessing user preferences of the particular user, the user preferences being based at least in part on one or more user inputs provided in connection with one or more prior search results, the user preferences having been previously associated, in a memory device coupled to a computing platform, with the particular user;
- reordering the generated search results based at least in part on the user preferences of the particular user;
- and
- generating one or more indications to indicate whether a placement of a particular search results of the generated search results has been made more prominent or less prominent at least partially in response to the reordering.
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A method comprising:
- receiving input from a user relating to one or more search results determined at least partially in response to receiving one or more search queries from said particular user;
- in a memory device coupled to a computing platform, storing an associating of the user input with said one or more search queries previously submitted by said particular user;
- generating search results based at least in part on one or more subsequently received search queries of the particular user, the generated search results being ranked in a particular order;
- and
- reordering results of one or more subsequent searches of the particular user, at least partially in response to the received user input from the particular user to modify the particular order of the generated search results;
- and
- generating one or more indications to indicate whether a placement of a particular search result of the generated search results has been made more prominent or less prominent at least partially in response to the reordering.
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A system comprising:
- a memory device to store user preferences of a particular user;
- one or more computing platforms, said one or more computing platforms operable to generate search results based at least in a part on a search query of the particular user, said one or more computing platforms to further access user preferences stored in the memory device and associated with the particular user, the user preferences being based at least in part on one more user inputs provided in connection with one or more prior search results, the user preferences having been previously of the particular user;
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- said one or more computing platforms to further:
- reorder the generated search results based at least in part on the user preferences for the particular user, and
- generate one or more indications to indicate whether a placement of a particular search results of the generated search result has been made more prominent or less prominent at least partially in response to the reordering;
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- a network interface in communication with an electronic communications network to receive the one or more user inputs and communicate reordered generated search results.
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An article comprising:
- a storage medium having stored thereon instructions that are executed by a computing platform to:
- process a received user input from a particular user relating to one or more search results determined at least partially in response to receiving one or more search queries from said particular user;
- store an association of the user input with said one or more search queries previously submitted by said particular user;
- generate search results based at least in part on one or more subsequently received search queries of the particular user, the generated search results being ranked in a particular order;
- reorder results of one or more subsequent searches of the particular user, at least partially in response to the received user input from the particular user to modify the particular order of the generated search results;
- and
- generate one or more indications to indicate whether a placement of a particular search results of the generated search results has been made more prominent or less prominent at least partially in response to the reordering.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.