Collaborative Search

• US 20100057726A1
• Filed: 08/26/2009
• Published: 03/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Company Limited (ByteDance Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Mao, Xincheng, Zhang, Jun, Yi, Li, Ma, Chun E.
• Granted Patent: US 9,342,604 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: N/A
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/335 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles filtering in web context G06F16/9535, G06F16/9536
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

A collaborative search is disclosed. The collaborative search includes receiving a search request of a mobile terminal. Searching based on the search request to obtain search results. Obtaining a relationship list associated with an identifier of the mobile terminal. Obtaining search history information associated with members in the relationship list based on the relationship list and ranking the search results based on the search history information.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented collaborative search method, comprising:

receiving a search request of a mobile terminal;

searching based on the search request to obtain search results;

obtaining a relationship list associated with an identifier of the mobile terminal;

obtaining search history information associated with members in the relationship list based on the relationship list; and

ranking the search results based on the search history information.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining an authorization for accessing the relationship list.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the obtaining an authorization for accessing the relationship list further comprises:

obtaining the authorization for accessing the relationship list based on a digital signature way.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the identifier of the mobile terminal is a mobile phone number of the mobile terminal.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the relationship list is at least one of a contact list and call records stored in the mobile terminal.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the relationship list is obtained from a telecommunication service operator based on the identifier.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the relationship list contains the call records.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

providing the ranked search results to the mobile terminal;

receiving selections of the search results of the mobile terminal; and

storing the selections of the search results of the mobile terminal as the search history information.

9. A collaborative search system, comprising:

a first receiving unit for receiving a search request of a mobile terminal;

a search unit for searching based on the search request to obtain search results;

an obtaining unit for obtaining a relationship list associated with an identifier of the mobile terminal;

a search history information repository for storing search history information; and

a ranking unit for obtaining search history information associated with members in the relationship list based on the relationship list, and ranking the search results based on the search history information.

10. The collaborative search system according to claim 9, further comprising:

an authorization unit for obtaining an authorization for accessing the relationship list.

11. The collaborative search system according to claim 10, wherein the authorization unit is configured to obtain the authorization for accessing the relationship list based on a digital signature way.

12. The collaborative search system according to claim 9, wherein the identifier of the mobile terminal is a mobile phone number of the mobile terminal.

13. The collaborative search system according to claim 9, wherein the relationship list contains at least one of a contact list and call records stored in the mobile terminal.

14. The collaborative search system according to claim 9, wherein the relationship list is obtained from a telecommunication service operator based on the identifier.

15. The collaborative search system according to claim 14, wherein the relationship list contains the call records.

16. The collaborative search system according to claim 9, further comprising:

a providing unit for providing the ranked search results to the mobile terminal;

a second receiving unit for receiving selections of the search results of the mobile terminal,

wherein the search history information repository is configured to store the selections of the search results of the mobile terminal as the search history information.

17. A computer program product for collaborative search, the computer program product, comprising:

a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising;

computer usable program code configured to receive a search request of a mobile terminal;

computer usable program code configured to search based on the search request to obtain search results;

computer usable program code configured to obtain a relationship list associated with an identifier of the mobile terminal;

computer usable program code configured to obtain search history information associated with members in the relationship list based on the relationship list; and

computer usable program code configured to rank the search results based on the search history information.

18. The computer program product according to claim 17, further comprising:

computer usable program code configured to obtain an authorization for accessing the relationship list.

19. The computer program product according to claim 18, wherein the computer usable program code configured to obtain an authorization for accessing the relationship list further comprises:

computer usable program code configured to computer usable program code configured to obtain the authorization for accessing the relationship list based on a digital signature way.

20. The computer program product according to claim 17, wherein the identifier of the mobile terminal is a mobile phone number of the mobile terminal.

21. The computer program product according to claim 17, wherein the relationship list is at least one of a contact list and call records stored in the mobile terminal.