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SOCIAL NETWORK POWERED SEARCH ENHANCEMENTS

  • US 20120158720A1
  • Filed: 02/29/2012
  • Published: 06/21/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. One or more computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of providing a social-pane search enhancement that displays information from a social network, the method comprising:

  • receiving a search query from a user;

    determining that the user is associated with a social network;

    generating a relevant friend list comprising friends within the user'"'"'s social network that have social-network profile information that is responsive to the search query;

    calculating friend-responsiveness ranks for the friends that indicate a responsiveness to the search query;

    outputting for display on a search results page a threshold amount of the friends selected based on the friend-responsiveness ranks;

    generating a relevant post list that comprising posts that are responsive to the search query and are associated with friends from the user'"'"'s social network;

    calculating post-responsiveness ranks for the posts that indicate a responsiveness to the search query;

    outputting for display on the search results page a threshold amount of the posts selected based on the post-responsiveness ranks; and

    outputting for display on the search results page search results that are responsive to the search query.

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