Determining Sort Order by Traffic Volume

• US 20080109435A1
• Filed: 11/07/2006
• Published: 05/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Stephens, R. Todd
• Application Number:
  US11/557,325
• Publication Number:
  US 20080109435A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

Included are embodiments for determining a sort order. At least one embodiment of a method includes determining at least one search result from received search criteria, the at least one search result being related to a first web page and determining web page traffic data associated with the first web page, the web page traffic data being related to at least one user action associated with the first web page. Some embodiments include determining a display order for the at least one search result from the web page traffic data.

Claims

1. A method for determining a sort order, comprising:

determining at least one search result from received search criteria, the at least one search result being related to a first web page;

determining web page traffic data associated with the first web page, the web page traffic data being related to at least one user action associated with the first web page; and

determining the sort order for the at least one search result from the web page traffic data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the at least one search result in the sort order.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving web page traffic data associated with a second web page, the second web page being different than the first web page, the second web page being associated with the at least one search result;

determining whether the second web page has previously received a larger amount of web page traffic than the first web page; and

in response to determining that the second web page has previously received a greater amount of web page traffic than the first web page, providing an option to view the second web page.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the web page traffic data is provided via open source code.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing an identification for receiving at least a portion of the web page traffic data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the web page traffic data includes receiving web page traffic data from a website server associated with the search result.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the web page traffic data includes determining whether the at least one search result is a frequently viewed search result.

8. A server for determining a sort order, the server configured to:

determine at least one search result from received search criteria, the at least one search result being related to a first web page;

determine web page traffic data associated with the first web page, the web page traffic data being related to at least one user action associated with the first web page; and

determine the sort order for the at least one search result from the web page traffic data.

9. The server of claim 8, wherein the server is further configured to provide at least one search result in the sort order.

10. The server of claim 8, wherein the server is further configured to:

receive web page traffic data associated with a second web page, the second web page being different than the first web page, the second web page being associated with the at least one search result;

determine whether the second web page has previously received a larger amount of web page traffic than the first web page; and

in response to determining that the second web page has previously received a greater amount of web page traffic than the first web page, provide an option to view the second web page.

11. The server of claim 8, wherein the web page traffic data is provided via open source code.

12. The server of claim 8, wherein the server is further configured to provide an identification for receiving at least a portion of the web page traffic data.

13. The server of claim 8, wherein the server is further configured to receive web page traffic data from a website server associated with the search result.

14. The server of claim 8, wherein the server is further configured to determine whether the at least one search result is a frequently viewed search result.

15. A computer readable medium for determining a sort order, comprising:

result determining logic configured to determine at least one search result from received search criteria, the at least one search result being related to a first web page;

traffic determining logic configured to determine web page traffic data associated with the first web page, the web page traffic data being related to at least one user action associated with the first web page; and

order determining logic configured to determine a sort order for the at least one search result from the web page traffic data.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, further comprising result providing logic configured to provide at least one search result in the sort order.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving logic configured to receive web page traffic data associated with a second web page, the second web page being different than the first web page, the second web page being associated with the at least one search result;

amount determining logic configured to determine whether the second web page has previously received a larger amount of web page traffic than the first web page; and

option providing logic configured to, in response to determining that the second web page has previously received a greater amount of web page traffic than the first web page, provide an option to view the second web page.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the web page traffic data is provided via open source code.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 15, further comprising identification providing logic configured to provide an identification for receiving at least a portion of the web page traffic data.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the traffic determining logic is further configured to receive web page traffic data from a website server associated with the search result.