System and method for returning search results
First Claim
1. A method for presenting results of a search of stored electronic information comprising the steps of:
- categorizing at least a portion of the results;
selecting a subset of the results, wherein the subset includes a diverse group of categorized results; and
presenting the subset of results to the user.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for re-ordering the results from an information search, such as an Internet search in order to maximize the likelihood that the user will see a result they want in the first page or two of large or very large results lists. The results of the information search are examined for a wide variety of factors that could be considered to create diversity among the results a user is most likely to see. A subset of results are selected, with some results from each categorized group, for presentation to the user. The user is presented with a diverse set of search results so that the desired information may be located and/or the search narrowed more efficiently. This is easily extended to include any process which can benefit from receiving results from an information search where the receiving process benefits from having a high degree of variation occur among the first subset of results returned.
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6 Claims
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1. A method for presenting results of a search of stored electronic information comprising the steps of:
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categorizing at least a portion of the results;
selecting a subset of the results, wherein the subset includes a diverse group of categorized results; and
presenting the subset of results to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for searching stored electronic information and returning results to a user comprising:
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a search subsystem for conducing a search of the stored electronic information according to a criteria identified by the user and returning a set of results;
a results processing subsystem for organizing the results for presentation such that a diverse set of results are first returned to the user. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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