SYSTEM, METHOD, AND/OR APPARATUS FOR REORDERING SEARCH RESULTS

• US 20090234834A1
• Filed: 03/12/2008
• Published: 09/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Cozzi, Alex
• Granted Patent: US 8,412,702 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and systems associated with modifying search results are disclosed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating search results based on a received search query; and

reordering the generated search results based at least in part on one or more user inputs provided in connection with one or more prior search results, the user inputs having been previously associated, in a memory device coupled to a computing platform, with the user and/or said search query.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said one or more user inputs comprise an affirmative ranking or a negative ranking.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said reordering comprises prioritizing one or more search results.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said reordering comprises removing one or more search results.

5. The method of claim 4, and further comprising:

providing one or more indications of said reordering to the user.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein prioritizing one or more search results comprises moving said one or more results to a position at or near a beginning of the search results.

7. A method comprising:

receiving input from a user relating to one or more search results;

in a memory device coupled to a computing platform, associating the user input with said user and/or a search query; and

reordering results of one or more subsequent searches based at least in part on the received input.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein said one or more subsequent searches were initiated in association with said user.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the received input comprises an affirmative ranking and/or a negative ranking.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein said reordering comprises prioritizing one or more results from said one or more subsequent searches.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said reordering comprises removing one or more results from said one or more subsequent searches.

12. The method of claim 11, and further comprising providing one or more indications of said reordering along with the results of one or more subsequent searches.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein prioritizing one or more search results comprises moving said one or more results to a position at or near a beginning of the search results.

14. A system comprising:

one or more computing platforms, said one or more computing platforms operable to generate search results based on a search query, said one or more computing platforms further operable to reorder the generated search results based at least in part on one or more user inputs provided in connection with one or more prior search results, the user inputs having been previously associated with the user and/or said search query.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein said one or more user inputs comprise an affirmative ranking or a negative ranking.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein said one or more computing platforms are operable to reorder the generated search result at least in part by prioritizing one or more search results.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein said one or more computing platforms are operable to reorder the generated search result at least in part by removing one or more search results.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein said one or more servers are further operable to provide one or more indications to the user that the search results were reordered.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein said one or more servers are operable to prioritize at least in part by moving said one or more results to a position at or near a beginning of the search results.

20. An article comprising:

a storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, if executed by a computing platform, are adapted to enable said computing platform to;

receive input from a user relating to one or more search results;

associate the user input with said user and/or a search query; and

reorder results of one or more subsequent searches based at least in part on the received input.

21. The article of claim 20, wherein said one or more subsequent searches were initiated in association with said user.

22. The article of claim 20, wherein the received input comprises an affirmative ranking and/or a negative ranking.

23. The article of claim 20, wherein said instructions, if executed by a computing platform, are further adapted to enable said computing platform to prioritize one or more results from said one or more subsequent searches.

24. The article of claim 23, wherein said instructions, if executed by a computing platform, are further adapted to enable said computing platform to remove one or more results from said one or more subsequent searches.

25. The article of claim 24, wherein said instructions, if executed by a computing platform, are further adapted to enable said computing platform to provide one or more indications that the results have been reordered along with the results of one or more subsequent searches.

26. The article of claim 24, wherein said instructions, if executed by a computing platform, are further adapted to enable said computing platform to move said one or more results to a position at or near a beginning of the search results.