System and method for generating personalized web pages

• US 20060112079A1
• Filed: 11/23/2004
• Published: 05/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Holt, Alexander W., Moran, Michael E.
• Application Number:
  US10/995,672
• Publication Number:
  US 20060112079A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results

Abstract

A web page personalization system and method. The system comprises: a web application server for serving a web page that includes personalized search results for a user requesting the web page; a content repository for storing content for the web page; a profiling system for dynamically providing profile attributes of the user when the web page is requested; and a search engine for generating the personalized search results using a query that is based a selected set of the provided profile attributes.

Claims

1. A web page personalization system, comprising:

a web application server for serving a web page that includes personalized search results for a user requesting the web page;

a content repository for storing content for the web page;

a profiling system for dynamically providing profile attributes of the user when the web page is requested; and

a search engine for generating the personalized search results using a query that is based on a selected set of the provided profile attributes.

2. The web page personalization system of claim 1, further comprising an indexing system for indexing content stored in the content repository.

3. The web page personalization system of claim 1, wherein the search engine includes both a text base search system and a multifaceted search system.

4. The web page personalization system of claim 1, wherein the query is further based on a selected set of web page attributes.

5. The web page personalization system of claim 4, wherein the selected set of the provided profile attributes and the selected set of web page attributes are predetermined by a page template authoring system.

6. The web page personalization system of claim 1, wherein the profiling system includes an authorization system.

7. A personalized web page, comprising:

a display area having dynamic content that includes a set of personalized search results; and

a query constructor process for generating a query that can be used to provide the personalized search results, wherein the query constructor process includes;

a process for retrieving a predetermined set of profile attributes of the user viewing the web page; and

a process for generating a query based on the retrieved profile attributes of the user and a predetermined set of relevant web page attributes.

8. The personalized web page of claim 7, further comprising a second display area having static content.

9. A method of generating personalized web pages from a website, comprising:

storing web page content in a content repository;

storing profile data for users of the website;

receiving a request for a web page;

dynamically providing profile attributes of a user requesting the web page;

forming a query based on the provided profile attributes of the user;

submitting the query to a search engine to generate personalized search results; and

serving the web page to the user with the personalized search results.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising the step of indexing content stored in the content repository.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the generated search results include both a text base search results and multifaceted search results.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the query is further based on a selected set of web page attributes.

13. The method of claim 12, comprising the further step of predetermining the provided profile attributes and the selected set of web page attributes by a page template authoring system.

14. The method of claim 12, comprising the further step of authorizing the user.

15. A web application server for serving personalized web pages on a website, comprising:

means for accessing web page content in a content repository;

means for accessing profile data for users of the website;

means for receiving a request for a web page;

means for dynamically determining profile attributes of a user requesting the web page;

means for forming a query based on the provided profile attributes of the user;

means for submitting the query to a search engine to generate personalized search results; and

means for serving the web page to the user with the personalized search results.

16. The web application server of claim 15, further comprising means for authorizing the user.

17. A method for deploying an application for generating personalized web content, comprising:

providing a computer infrastructure being operable to;

access web page content in a content repository;

access profile data for users of the website;

receive a request for a web page;

dynamically determine profile attributes of a user requesting the web page;

form a query based on the provided profile attributes of the user;

submit the query to a search engine to generate personalized search results; and

serve the web page to the user with the personalized search results.

18. Computer software embodied in a propagated signal for generating personalized web pages, the computer software comprising instructions to cause a computer to perform the following functions:

receive a request for a web page;

dynamically determine profile attributes of a user requesting the web page;

form a query based on the provided profile attributes of the user;

submit the query to a search engine to generate personalized search results; and

serve the web page to the user with the personalized search results.

19. A program product stored on a computer readable medium, which when executed generates personalized web page, the program product comprising:

program code configured to receive a request for a web page;

program code configured to dynamically determine profile attributes of a user requesting the web page;

program code configured to form a query based on the provided profile attributes of the user;

program code configured to submit the query to a search engine to generate personalized search results; and

program code configured to serve the web page to the user with the personalized search results.