Using popularity data for ranking
First Claim
1. An object ranking system that facilitates improving search results and efficiencies comprising:
- an object tracking component that tracks one or more objects and records data in connection with at least one of accessed objects and non-accessed objects to determine a popularity measure; and
a ranking component that determines a score for the one or more objects based at least in part on the popularity measure to generate rankings for the one or more objects.
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Abstract
A unique ranking system and method that facilitates improving the ranking and ordering of objects to further enhance the quality, accuracy, and delivery of search results in response to a search query. The system and method involve monitoring and tracking an object in terms of the number of times it'"'"'s been accessed and optionally by whom, when, for how long, and an access rate. The user'"'"'s interaction with the object can be tracked as well. By tracking the objects, a popularity measure can be determined. Popularity based rankings can be computed based on the popularity measure or some function thereof. The popularity measure can be affected by the access time, who accessed it, access duration or the user'"'"'s interaction with the object upon access. The popularity based rankings can be utilized by a search component to improve the quality and retrieval of search results.
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20 Claims
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1. An object ranking system that facilitates improving search results and efficiencies comprising:
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an object tracking component that tracks one or more objects and records data in connection with at least one of accessed objects and non-accessed objects to determine a popularity measure; and
a ranking component that determines a score for the one or more objects based at least in part on the popularity measure to generate rankings for the one or more objects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An object ranking method that facilitates improving search engine results and efficiencies comprising:
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tracking one or more objects and recording data in connection with at least one of accessed objects and non-access objects to determine a popularity measure;
determining a score for the one or more objects based at least in part on the popularity measure; and
ranking the one or more objects based at least in part on the popularity measure. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An object ranking system that facilitates improving search engine results and efficiencies comprising:
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a means for tracking one or more objects and recording data in connection with at least one of accessed objects and non-access objects to determine a popularity measure; and
a means for determining a score for the one or more objects based at least in part on the popularity measure and generating popularity based rankings for the one or more objects.
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