RANK-BASED ESTIMATE OF RELEVANCE VALUES
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1. A method, comprising:
- submitting a query to multiple search engines;
receiving a ranked list of search results from each search engine based on the query; and
determining a search engine weighting value for each search engine of the multiple search engines, wherein each search engine weighting value indicates a degree of relevance of a category of specialization of a particular search engine to a category of the query.
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Abstract
A method includes submitting a query to multiple search engines. The method also includes receiving a ranked list of search results from each search engine based on the query. The method includes determining a search engine weighting value for each search engine, where each search engine weighting value indicates a degree of relevance of a category of specialization of a particular search engine to a category of the query.
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1. A method, comprising:
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submitting a query to multiple search engines; receiving a ranked list of search results from each search engine based on the query; and determining a search engine weighting value for each search engine of the multiple search engines, wherein each search engine weighting value indicates a degree of relevance of a category of specialization of a particular search engine to a category of the query. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system, comprising:
a processor configured to; submitting a query to multiple search engines; receiving a ranked list of search results from each search engine based on the query; and determining a search engine weighting value for each search engine of the multiple search engines, wherein each search engine weighting value indicates a degree of relevance of a category of specialization of a particular search engine to a category of the query. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a computer system to:
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submit a query to multiple search engines; receive a ranked list of search results from each search engine based on the query; determine a search engine weighting value for each search engine of the multiple search engines, wherein each search engine weighting value indicates a degree of relevance of a category of specialization of a particular search engine to a category of the query; and determining a final relevance value for each search result based on the search engine weighting value corresponding to the search engine that supplied the particular search result. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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