Difference control for generating and displaying a difference result set from the result sets of a plurality of search engines
First Claim
1. A method for influencing a result of a search algorithm in generating a result set, the method comprising:
- receiving a primary result set and a secondary result set in response to a search query, the primary result set and secondary result set each comprising one or more items;
determining a difference between the one or more items in the primary result set and the one or more items in the secondary result set for storage as a difference result set;
selecting an item in the difference result set; and
storing an indication of the selected item for use in influencing items contained in a result set.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for generating and displaying the difference between a primary result set and a secondary result set. According to the present invention, a method for displaying the difference between a primary result set and a secondary result set for a query comprises generating a primary result set and a secondary result set, the primary result set and secondary result set generated according to one or more respective disparate search algorithms. A difference result set is determined according to a difference between items in the primary result set and second result set, which is displayed to a user.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for influencing a result of a search algorithm in generating a result set, the method comprising:
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receiving a primary result set and a secondary result set in response to a search query, the primary result set and secondary result set each comprising one or more items;
determining a difference between the one or more items in the primary result set and the one or more items in the secondary result set for storage as a difference result set;
selecting an item in the difference result set; and
storing an indication of the selected item for use in influencing items contained in a result set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of displaying a difference between one or more result sets generated in response to a query, the method comprising:
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generating a primary result set and a secondary result set, the primary result set and secondary result set generated according to one or more respective disparate search algorithms;
determining a difference result set according to a difference between items in the primary result set and the secondary result set; and
displaying the difference result set to a user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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