PERSONALIZING SEARCH RESULTS FROM SEARCH ENGINES
First Claim
1. A method to personalize search results on a search engine comprising:
- providing a user interface;
identifying a user accessing the user interface;
associating the identified user to a unique personalization identifier (UPID) and to a list of group personalization identifiers (GPIDs), where the GPIDs identify predefined groups of which the identified user is a member;
displaying a search engine interface on the user interface;
obtaining from the search interface a query from the user;
sending the query to the search engine to find documents matching the query;
ranking the documents matching the query in order of relevancy, where the ranking is partly based on previously calculated document ratings for the UPID of the identified user, where the ranking is further based on previously calculated document ratings for each of the GPIDs of the identified user; and
displaying the ranked documents, the ranked documents constituting ranked results.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A personalized search engine system and corresponding method which is used by an identified user for retrieving documents on a corporate network or intranet. The identified user being related to a unique personalization identifier (UPID) and to a list of group personalization identifiers (GPIDs). The system comprises a search engine interface for obtaining a query from the identified user; a search engine for finding documents matching the query; and a ranking engine for ranking the documents matching the query in order of relevancy, where the ranking is partly based on a previously calculated document rating for the UPID of the identified user, where the ranking is further based on a previously calculated document ratings for each of the GPIDs of the identified user.
68 Citations
10 Claims
-
1. A method to personalize search results on a search engine comprising:
-
providing a user interface;
identifying a user accessing the user interface;
associating the identified user to a unique personalization identifier (UPID) and to a list of group personalization identifiers (GPIDs), where the GPIDs identify predefined groups of which the identified user is a member;
displaying a search engine interface on the user interface;
obtaining from the search interface a query from the user;
sending the query to the search engine to find documents matching the query;
ranking the documents matching the query in order of relevancy, where the ranking is partly based on previously calculated document ratings for the UPID of the identified user, where the ranking is further based on previously calculated document ratings for each of the GPIDs of the identified user; and
displaying the ranked documents, the ranked documents constituting ranked results. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
-
-
9. A search engine system to personalize search results comprising:
-
a user interface for accessing by an identified user, the identified user being associated to a unique personalization identifier (UPID) and to a list of group personalization identifiers (GPIDs), where the GPIDs identify predefined groups of which the identified user is a member;
a search engine interface for displaying on the user interface and for obtaining a query from the identified user;
a search engine for finding documents matching the query; and
a ranking engine for ranking the documents matching the query in order of relevancy, where the ranking is partly based on previously calculated document ratings for the UPID of the identified user, where the ranking is further based on previously calculated document ratings for each of the GPIDs of the identified user;
the user interface being further for displaying the ranked documents, the ranked documents constituting ranked results. - View Dependent Claims (10)
-
Specification