Systems and methods for promoting search results based on personal information

A computer system for producing personalized search results, comprising:

• memory;
• one or more processors;
• one or more programs stored in the memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including:
• instructions for receiving a search query from a user;
• instructions for identifying search results associated with the search query;
• instructions for identifying a set of user-preferred search results that includes search results in a search history of the user, wherein each of the user-preferred search results has been previously selected by the user for at least a predefined minimum number of times;
• instructions for identifying in the search results, one or more search results, each of which is associated with a respective user-preferred search results result;
• instructions for ordering the search results based at least in part on a popularity metric associated with each of the identified search results, wherein the popularity metric is a function of one or more parameters including at least one parameter that is a time span period from the user's most remote selection of the respective user-preferred search result to the user's most recent selection of the respective user-preferred search result;
• and
• instructions for providing the ordered search results to the user.

A computer-implemented method performed at a server system having one or more processors and memory, the method comprising:

• receiving a search query from a user;
• identifying search results associated with the search query;
• identifying a user profile associated with the user, wherein the user profile includes a set of user-preferred search results that is determined, at least in part, by:
• identifying a set of candidate search results in a search history of the user, wherein each of the candidate search results has been selected by the user for at least a predefined minimum number of times;
• determining a popularity metric for each of the candidate search results;
• and
• selecting a subset of the candidate search results whose associated popularity metrics exceed a predefined threshold as the set of user-preferred search results;
• identifying in the search results, one or more search results that are associated with at least one of the user-preferred search results;
• ordering the search results based at least in part on the identification, in the search results, of the one or more search results that are associated with at least one of the user-preferred search results;
• and
• providing the ordered search results to the user.

A computer system for producing personalized search results, comprising:

• memory;
• one or more processors;
• one or more programs stored in the memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including:
• instructions for receiving a search query from a user;
• instructions for identifying search results associated with the search query;
• instructions for identifying a user profile associated with the user, wherein the user profile includes a set of user-preferred search results determined, at least in part, by:
• instructions for identifying a set of candidate search results in a search history of the user, wherein each of the candidate search results has been selected by the user for at least a predefined minimum number of times;
• instructions for determining a popularity metric for each of the candidate search results;
• and
• instructions for selecting a subset of the candidate search results whose associated popularity metrics exceed a predefined threshold as the set of user-preferred search results;
• instructions for identifying in the search results, one or more search results that are associated with at least one of the user-preferred search results;
• instructions for ordering the search results based at least in part on the identification, in the search results, of the one or more search results that are associated with at least one of the user-preferred search results;
• and
• instructions for providing the ordered list of search results to the user.