Method and System Utilizing a Personalized User Model to Develop a Search Request
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- maintaining, in an automated fashion, a user-specific profile comprising information relating to at least one electronic interaction of a user with at least one content, the at least one content being accessible to the user through at least one computing device,receiving a search request from the user, the search request comprising at least one search term,determining whether the at least one search term has an association with the information in the user-specific profile, andif a search term has an association with the information in the user-specific profile, formulating at least one computer-executable query based on the search request and based on the association of the search term with the information in the user-specific profile.
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Abstract
A method and system for developing a computer-executable query relating to a search request issued by a user includes determining whether a search term of the search request has a user-specific meaning, connotation, context, or association based on an analysis of electronic content associated with the user and/or an analysis of interactions of the user with electronic content that is accessible to the user through one or more computing devices. If the search term has a user-specific meaning, connotation, context, or association, the method and system can incorporate the user-specific meaning, connotation, context, or association into the search request and/or the computer-executable query.
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1. A method, comprising:
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maintaining, in an automated fashion, a user-specific profile comprising information relating to at least one electronic interaction of a user with at least one content, the at least one content being accessible to the user through at least one computing device, receiving a search request from the user, the search request comprising at least one search term, determining whether the at least one search term has an association with the information in the user-specific profile, and if a search term has an association with the information in the user-specific profile, formulating at least one computer-executable query based on the search request and based on the association of the search term with the information in the user-specific profile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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