ENHANCED SEARCH RESULT RELEVANCE USING RELATIONSHIP INFORMATION
First Claim
1. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of enhancing the relevance of information presented to a user in response to receiving search requests, the method comprising:
- receiving a search request from a user;
receiving information pertaining to one or more individuals with whom the user has at least one pre-defined type of relationship;
receiving information pertaining to the user'"'"'s behavior with respect to the one or more individuals;
determining that at least one of a search result and an advertisement is relevant based upon the user'"'"'s behavior; and
presenting the at least one relevant search result or advertisement.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for utilizing information pertaining to one or more individuals or entities with whom a user has at least one pre-defined type of relationship (e.g., a social networking relationship) and information pertaining to the user'"'"'s behavior with respect to the one or more individuals (e.g., manual designation, interaction with communications received from and/or sent to the user, and the like) to present relevant search results and/or advertisements to a user in response to receiving a search request are provided. Upon receiving a search request from a user, information about the user'"'"'s relationships and behavior with respect to those relationships is utilized to determine user-relevant search results and/or advertisements. The search results and/or advertisements that are determined to be relevant to that particular user based upon the user'"'"'s behavior and presented.
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20 Claims
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1. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of enhancing the relevance of information presented to a user in response to receiving search requests, the method comprising:
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receiving a search request from a user; receiving information pertaining to one or more individuals with whom the user has at least one pre-defined type of relationship; receiving information pertaining to the user'"'"'s behavior with respect to the one or more individuals; determining that at least one of a search result and an advertisement is relevant based upon the user'"'"'s behavior; and presenting the at least one relevant search result or advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of enhancing the relevance of search results using relationship information, the method comprising:
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receiving a search request from a user; referencing at least one data repository, wherein the at least one data repository includes information pertaining to one or more individuals with whom the user has at least one pre-defined type of relationship, and wherein the at least one data repository further includes information pertaining to the user'"'"'s behavior with respect to the one or more individuals; determining that at least one search result is relevant based upon the user'"'"'s behavior; and presenting the at least one relevant search result. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of enhancing the relevance of information presented to a user in response to receiving search requests, the method comprising:
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receiving a search request from a user; referencing at least one data repository, wherein the at least one data repository includes information pertaining to one or more individuals with whom the user has at least one pre-defined type of social networking relationship, and wherein the data repository further includes information pertaining to the user'"'"'s behavior with respect to the one or more individuals stored in association therewith; determining that at least one search result is relevant based upon the user'"'"'s behavior, wherein the user'"'"'s behavior includes at least one of manual selection of one or more individuals with whom the user has the at least one type of social networking relationship and behavior of the user with respect to communications sent to or received from the one or more individuals, and wherein an individual with whom the user has more contact based upon the user'"'"'s behavior has more influence on the relevance of the at least one search result than an individual with whom the user has relatively less contact; and presenting the at least one relevant search result. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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