TEMPORAL SEARCH QUERY PERSONALIZATION
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1. A method of providing content to a user, the method comprising:
- monitoring electronic document browsing of a user;
in connection with the monitoring, identifying, from each of one or more electronic documents browsed by the user, one or more words descriptive of overall content included in the corresponding electronic document based on relative frequency of occurrence of the one or more words in the corresponding electronic document;
storing, as part of browsing information descriptive of content accessed by the user, the one or more words identified from each of the one or more electronic documents browsed by the user in association with an indication of when the corresponding electronic document was browsed by the user;
receiving a request for content from the user;
accessing, from the stored browsing information descriptive of content accessed by the user, information descriptive of content accessed by the user during a time period that is prior to receipt of the request for content, the accessed information including at least a portion of the one or more words identified from each of the one or more electronic documents browsed by the user;
using at least a portion of the accessed information descriptive of content accessed by the user during the time period that is prior to receipt of the request for content to identify content to provide in response to the request for content; and
providing the identified content in response to the request for content.
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Abstract
A user is made able to configure a search query to be responsive to temporal factors in order to adjust the search query to more accurately reflect the user'"'"'s true information need. By adjusting the search query in this way, the user is more likely to receive satisfactory search results.
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1. A method of providing content to a user, the method comprising:
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monitoring electronic document browsing of a user; in connection with the monitoring, identifying, from each of one or more electronic documents browsed by the user, one or more words descriptive of overall content included in the corresponding electronic document based on relative frequency of occurrence of the one or more words in the corresponding electronic document; storing, as part of browsing information descriptive of content accessed by the user, the one or more words identified from each of the one or more electronic documents browsed by the user in association with an indication of when the corresponding electronic document was browsed by the user; receiving a request for content from the user; accessing, from the stored browsing information descriptive of content accessed by the user, information descriptive of content accessed by the user during a time period that is prior to receipt of the request for content, the accessed information including at least a portion of the one or more words identified from each of the one or more electronic documents browsed by the user; using at least a portion of the accessed information descriptive of content accessed by the user during the time period that is prior to receipt of the request for content to identify content to provide in response to the request for content; and providing the identified content in response to the request for content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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at least one computer; and at least one computer-readable medium coupled to the at least one computer having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the at least one computer, causes the at least one computer to perform operations comprising; monitoring electronic document browsing of a user; in connection with the monitoring, identifying, from each of one or more electronic documents browsed by the user, one or more words descriptive of overall content included in the corresponding electronic document based on relative frequency of occurrence of the one or more words in the corresponding electronic document; storing, as part of browsing information descriptive of content accessed by the user, the one or more words identified from each of the one or more electronic documents browsed by the user in association with an indication of when the corresponding electronic document was browsed by the user; receiving a request for content from the user; accessing, from the stored browsing information descriptive of content accessed by the user, information descriptive of content accessed by the user during a time period that is prior to receipt of the request for content, the accessed information including at least a portion of the one or more words identified from each of the one or more electronic documents browsed by the user; using at least a portion of the accessed information descriptive of content accessed by the user during the time period that is prior to receipt of the request for content to identify content to provide in response to the request for content; and providing the identified content in response to the request for content. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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