SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING THE RESULT OF A QUERY

• US 20080059453A1
• Filed: 08/22/2007
• Published: 03/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Raphael Laderman
• Original Assignee: Raphael Laderman
• Inventors: Laderman, Raphael
• Application Number:
  US11/842,951
• Publication Number:
  US 20080059453A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3326 using relevance feedback from the user, e.g. relevance feedback on documents, documents sets, document terms or passages

Abstract

A system and method for enhancing the result of a query is disclosed. In some embodiments, the system comprises a plurality of data sources, an interface configured to query the plurality of data sources, and logic coupled to the interface and configured to enhance the result of a query to the plurality of data sources based on feedback from at least one user of the system.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a plurality of data sources;

an interface configured to query the plurality of data sources; and

logic coupled to the interface and configured to enhance the result of a query to the plurality of data sources based on feedback from at least one user of the system.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the feedback comprises an evaluation of the relevancy of the result.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the user interface is selected from the group consisting of a graphical user interface, a command line interface, a virtual interface, an auditory interface, and a haptic interface.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the logic is further configured to report the feedback with the result of the query.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the logic is further configured to assign a weight to the feedback based on attributes of the at least one user.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the logic is further configured to enhance the result based on the source of the result.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of data sources are integrated into a single data repository.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the feedback is selected from the group consisting of a rating, a ranking, and a review.

9. A method, comprising:

receiving information from a user describing the quality of search results;

storing the information in a data repository; and

improving future search results based on the information.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein improving comprises prioritizing the future search results based on relevancy.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein improving comprises removing irrelevant items from the future search results.

12. The method of claim 9 further comprising assigning an importance factor to the user and associating the importance factor to the information.

13. The method of claim 9 further comprising receiving feedback from a user that describes the information.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising improving future search results based on the feedback.

15. A computer readable medium storing a program that, when executed by a processor of a computer, performs a method comprising:

receiving data from a user describing the quality of search results;

storing the data in a repository; and

improving subsequent search results based on the data.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein improving comprises prioritizing the subsequent search results based on relevancy.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein improving comprises removing irrelevant items from the subsequent search results.

18. The method of claim 15 further comprising assigning an importance factor to the user and associating the importance factor to the data.

19. The method of claim 15 further comprising receiving feedback from a user that describes the data.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising improving subsequent search results based on the feedback.