ON-LINE SOCIAL SEARCH
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1. A method comprising:
- electronically processing a social survey query of a user applied to one or more on-line social networks of said user;
wherein results received in response to one or more digital signals representing said social survey query are ranked based, at least in part, on social relevance to said user.
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Abstract
Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented using one or more computing devices to facilitate or otherwise support one or more processes or operations in connection with performing information searches, such as, for example, domain-specific on-line searches using social survey-type queries.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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electronically processing a social survey query of a user applied to one or more on-line social networks of said user; wherein results received in response to one or more digital signals representing said social survey query are ranked based, at least in part, on social relevance to said user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An article comprising:
a storage medium having instructions stored thereon executable by a special purpose computing platform to; electronically process a social survey query of a user applied to one or more on-line social networks of said user; wherein results received in response to one or more digital signals representing said social survey query are ranked based, at least in part, on social relevance to said user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus comprising:
a computing platform enabled to; electronically communicate a social survey query of a user to be processed and then applied to one or more on-line social networks of said user; wherein results received in response to one or more digital signals representing said social survey query are ranked based, at least in part, on social relevance to said user. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method comprising:
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combining and organizing socially relevant content to a particular user, said socially relevant content including responses from a social network or social sub-network of said particular user; and electronically directing said particular user to a search engine capable of searching said socially relevant content. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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