System and method for determining quality of cited objects in search results based on the influence of citing subjects
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- a citation search engine, which in operation,sets and adjusts one or more of citation searching and ranking criteria and mechanisms based on user specification and/or internal statistical data;
retrieves a plurality of citations composed by a plurality of subjects citing a plurality of objects that fit the searching criteria;
an influence evaluation engine, which in operation, calculates influence scores of the plurality of subjects that compose the plurality of citations citing the plurality of objects;
an object selection engine, which in operation,calculates influence scores of the plurality of objects in the plurality of citations based on the influence scores of the plurality of subjects and the ranking criteria;
selects as a search result the plurality of objects based on both matching of the objects with the searching criteria as well as the influence scores of the objects.
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Abstract
A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to examine and determine quality of objects cited by citations in a search result based on a citation graph that includes citing subjects, citations, and cited objects. First, influence scores of a plurality of subjects/sources that compose the citations of the objects in the search result are calculated. The quality of the objects cited by the subjects can then be determined by examining the influence scores for the subjects of the citations. Finally, the cited objects selected can be presented to a user or provided to a thirty party for further processing together with the relevant citations and citing subjects.
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50 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a citation search engine, which in operation, sets and adjusts one or more of citation searching and ranking criteria and mechanisms based on user specification and/or internal statistical data; retrieves a plurality of citations composed by a plurality of subjects citing a plurality of objects that fit the searching criteria; an influence evaluation engine, which in operation, calculates influence scores of the plurality of subjects that compose the plurality of citations citing the plurality of objects; an object selection engine, which in operation, calculates influence scores of the plurality of objects in the plurality of citations based on the influence scores of the plurality of subjects and the ranking criteria; selects as a search result the plurality of objects based on both matching of the objects with the searching criteria as well as the influence scores of the objects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method, comprising:
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setting and adjusting one or more of citation searching, retrieving, and ranking criteria and mechanisms based on user specification and/or internal statistical data; retrieving a plurality of citations composed by a plurality of subjects citing a plurality of objects that fit the searching criteria; calculating influence scores of the plurality of subjects that compose the plurality of citations citing the plurality of objects; calculating influence scores of the plurality of objects in the plurality of citations based on the influence scores of the plurality of subjects and the ranking criteria; selecting as a search result the plurality of objects based on both matching of the objects with the searching criteria as well as the influence scores of the objects. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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