Method, system, and apparatus for arranging content search results

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
• cause, at least in part, a submission of a search query from a user device to two or more search domains;
• cause, at least in part, a ranking of results objects from the two or more search domains in response to the search query, wherein the results objects are ranked using ranking criteria that are specified by each of the respective search domains and that are different for said each of the respective search domains;
• cause, at least in part, determine a rank value for each of the results objects based on common ranking criteria;
• cause, at least in part, ordering the results objects based at least in part on the rank values determined using the common ranking criteria;
• and
• cause, at least in part, determine to send the ordered results for rendering in a user interface,
• wherein at least one of the ranking criterion of the common ranking criteria accounts for a context of the user device when determining the rank value for each of the results objects.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:

• cause, at least in part, submission of a search query from a user device to two or more search domains;
• cause, at least in part, a ranking of results objects from the two or more search domains in response to the search query, wherein the results objects are ranked using ranking criteria that are specified by each of the respective search domains and that are different for said each of the respective search domains;
• cause, at least in part, determine a rank value for each of the results objects based on common ranking criteria;
• cause, at least in part, ordering the results objects based at least in part on the rank values determined using the common ranking criteria;
• and
• cause, at least in part, determine to send the ordered results for rendering in a user interface,
• wherein at least one of the ranking criterion of the common ranking criteria accounts for a context of the user device when determining the rank value for each of the results objects.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for causing, at least in part, submitting via a processor a search query from a user device to two or more search domains;
• means for causing, at least in part, ranking results objects from the two or more search domains in response to the search query, wherein the results objects are ranked using ranking criteria that are specified by each of the respective search domains;
• means for causing, at least in part, determining a rank value for each of the results objects based on common ranking criteria;
• and
• means for causing, at least in part, ordering the results objects based at least in part on the rank values determined using the common ranking criteria;
• and
• means for causing, at least in part, rendering the ordered results in a user interface,
• wherein at least one of the ranking criterion of the common ranking criteria accounts for a context of the user device when determining the rank value for each of the results objects.

A method comprising facilitating a processing of and/or processing (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal, the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal based, at least in part, on the following:

• at least one determination via a processor to cause, at least in part, a submission of a search query from a user device to two or more search domains;
• at least one determination to cause, at least in part, a ranking of results objects from the two or more search domains in response to the search query, wherein the results objects are ranked using ranking criteria that are specified by each of the respective search domains and that are different for said each of the respective search domains;
• at least one determination to cause, at least in part, determining of rank values for each of the results objects based on common ranking criteria;
• at least one determination to cause, at least in part, ordering the results objects based at least in part on the rank values determined using the common ranking criteria;
• and
• at least one determination to cause, at least in part, determining to send the results objects for rendering in a user interface,
• wherein at least one of the ranking criterion of the common ranking criteria accounts for a context of the user device when determining the rank value for each of the results objects.