User-specific vertical search
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1. A method for performing a personalized search, the method comprising:
- receiving a search query;
determining a user identity associated with the search query, wherein a user-specific search includes a search of information specific to a user identified by the user identity;
determining if a user-specific search should be performed;
performing a search using the search query with user identity information to generate user-specific search results specific to the user identified by the user identity, wherein the user-specific search results include information that is specific to the user identified by the user identity associated with the received search query.
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Abstract
Techniques for performing user-specific searches are provided. A search engine receives a search query and performs processing to determine whether a user-specific search is indicated. If the search engine so determines, user-specific data is searched using user identity information to generate user-specific search results specific to the user identified by the user identity. Accordingly, the search results include information that is specific to the user determined from the user identity associated with the search query.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for performing a personalized search, the method comprising:
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receiving a search query;
determining a user identity associated with the search query, wherein a user-specific search includes a search of information specific to a user identified by the user identity;
determining if a user-specific search should be performed;
performing a search using the search query with user identity information to generate user-specific search results specific to the user identified by the user identity, wherein the user-specific search results include information that is specific to the user identified by the user identity associated with the received search query. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for performing a search, the method comprising:
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receiving a search query from an entity;
determining if a search using information specific to the entity should be performed;
determining information that is specific to the entity associated with the search query;
searching the determined information using the search query to generate search results that include at least a part of the determined information; and
outputting the determined search results. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A search apparatus configured to perform a personalized search, the apparatus comprising:
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one or more search engines;
one or more corpora of information, wherein user-specific information is included in the one or more corpora of information;
a search server configured to receive a search query, the search server comprising;
a search determiner configured to determine if a personalized search of user-specific information should be performed;
a search engine determiner configured to determine a search engine in the one or more search engines to perform the personalized search, wherein the search engine is configured to determine the user-specific information for the entity in a corpus of the one or more corpora and to perform a search using the search query with the determined user-specific information to generate user-specific search results. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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