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Method for Calculating Score for Search Query

  • US 20090259646A1
  • Filed: 04/09/2008
  • Published: 10/15/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for calculating a score for a query that is input by a user to a search engine, the method comprising the steps of:

  • storing historical data including a query log and click-through data, the query log including a keyword as the query, a URL as a search result by the search engine, and ranking of the URL, and the click-through data being related to the URL;

    analyzing the historical data for generating a graph structure of a query definition, wherein the query is a node and a plurality of nodes are connected by URLs that are common to the plurality of nodes, the URLs being browsed based on the search result corresponding to the query of the node;

    extracting, from the graph structure, combinations of recommendation source queries and recommended queries which are connected by URLs;

    calculating a score for the combinations extracted in the extracting step, based on the click-through data and ranking data; and

    associating at least one combination extracted in the extracting step with one recommendation source query.

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