Relevancy Sorting of User's Browser History
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- maintaining metadata associated with browser-accessible items, wherein the metadata includes;
a title associated with an item, a URL associated with an item, a last date an item was visited by a user, frequency with which an item has been visited by a user, and whether or not an item was selected from a list;
assigning weights to the metadata;
processing weighted metadata using a relevancy algorithm;
receiving a user action associated with accessing one or more items; and
responsive to receiving the user action, presenting one or more suggestions based upon the user action and an output of the relevancy algorithm.
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Abstract
Various embodiments provide a Web browser that employs a relevancy algorithm to make an educated guess as to the likelihood of a user'"'"'s intended destination when the user begins to enter text into a browser'"'"'s address bar. In one or more embodiments, the relevancy algorithm employs various parameters and assigns weights to the parameters to arrive at a collection of suggestions to provide to the user. By using various rules, associated weightings, and the relevancy algorithm, relevant suggestions can be provided to a user to facilitate their navigation activities.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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maintaining metadata associated with browser-accessible items, wherein the metadata includes;
a title associated with an item, a URL associated with an item, a last date an item was visited by a user, frequency with which an item has been visited by a user, and whether or not an item was selected from a list;assigning weights to the metadata; processing weighted metadata using a relevancy algorithm; receiving a user action associated with accessing one or more items; and responsive to receiving the user action, presenting one or more suggestions based upon the user action and an output of the relevancy algorithm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. One or more computer-readable storage media comprising computer-readable instructions which, when executed, implement a method comprising:
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maintaining metadata associated with browser-accessible items, wherein the metadata includes one or more of;
a title associated with an item, a URL associated with an item, a last date an item was visited by a user, frequency with which an item has been visited by a user, or whether or not an item was selected from a list;assigning weights to the metadata; processing weighted metadata using a relevancy algorithm; receiving a user action associated with accessing one or more items; and responsive to receiving the user action, presenting suggestions based upon the user action and an output of the relevancy algorithm, wherein the suggestions are grouped in accordance with different types. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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ascertaining whether a user-entered query is more than one word; if the user-entered query is not more than one word, ascertaining whether the user-entered query is prefixed with a protocol string and/or a URI; if the user-entered query is not more than one word and is prefixed with a protocol string and/or a URI, returning results using a first method; if the user-entered query is not more than one word and is not prefixed with a protocol string and/or URI, returning results using a second using a second different method; and if the user-entered query is more than one word, returning results using the second different method. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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