WEB PAGE RANKING METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON USER REFERRALS
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1. A method for ranking web pages, comprising the steps of:
- (i) detecting when a first user sends a referral message referring a web page to a second user;
(ii) detecting when said second user opens said referred web page; and
(iii) ranking web pages according to the number of times that each web page was referred and/or accessed by the second user.
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Abstract
A system and method for ranking web pages based on referrals sent from one user to another. Web pages that are sent to other users are tracked and their information is stored in a referral depository coupled to a referral server. Referral messages are also tracked when the recipient accesses the referred web page and when the recipient further refers the web page to another user. A ranking server can respond to a query regarding accessed web pages by accessing the referral depository and analyzing its contents.
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31 Claims
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1. A method for ranking web pages, comprising the steps of:
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(i) detecting when a first user sends a referral message referring a web page to a second user; (ii) detecting when said second user opens said referred web page; and (iii) ranking web pages according to the number of times that each web page was referred and/or accessed by the second user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for ranking web pages, comprising:
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(i) a referring computer adapted for referring a web page; (ii) a recipient computer;
adapted for receiving a web page;(iii) a referral depository coupled to a referral server adapted for tracking when a referring computer sends a referral message referring a web page to a recipient computer, and when a recipient computer access the referred web page. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A computer-readable medium encoded with a program module that ranks web pages referred from a first user to a second user, by:
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(iv) detecting when a first user sends a referral message referring a web page to a second user; (v) detecting when said second user opens said referred web page; and (vi) ranking web pages according to the number of times that each web page was referred and/or accessed by the second user.
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