SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE RANKING OF NEWS ARTICLES

• US 20160019216A1
• Filed: 04/27/2015
• Published: 01/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Bharat, Krishna A., Schmitt, Michael, CURTISS, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 10,459,926 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2455 Query execution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99937 Sorting
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

A system ranks results. The system may receive a list of links. The system may identify a source with which each of the links is associated and rank the list of links based at least in part on a quality of the identified sources.

Claims

1. A method for ranking results, comprising:

receiving a list of links;

identifying, for each of the links, a source with which the link is associated; and

ranking the list of links based at least in part on a quality of the identified sources.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the identifying a source includes:

identifying the source based at least in part on a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the link.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein at least some of the identified sources are news sources.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the ranking includes:

retrieving a source rank value for each identified source, the source rank value being based at least in part on one or more of a number of articles produced by the identified source during a first time period, an average length of an article produced by the identified source, an amount of important coverage that the identified source produces in a second time period, a breaking news score, network traffic to the identified source, a human opinion of the identified source, circulation statistics of the identified source, a size of a staff associated with the identified source, a number of bureaus associated with the identified source, a number of original named entities in a group of articles associated with the identified source, a breadth of coverage by the identified source, a number of different countries from which traffic to the identified source originates, and a writing style used by the identified source.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the list of links is a ranked list of links, and

wherein the ranking includes:

adjusting the ranked list of links based at least in part on a quality of the identified sources.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the links include links to on-line news articles.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining the list of links based at least in part on one or more of a search query, a topic, a list of one or more keywords, a geographical area, and a set of documents.

8. A system for adjusting a ranking of search results, comprising:

means for receiving a list of objects;

means for identifying, for each object in the list, a source to which the object is associated; and

means for ranking the list of objects based at least in part on the sources with which the objects are associated.

9. A server comprising:

a memory configured to store quality indicators for a plurality of sources; and

a processor configured to;

receive a list of objects,

identify a source with which each of the objects is associated, and

rank at least one object in the list of objects based at least in part on the quality indicator associated with the source with which the one object is associated.

10-31. -31. (canceled)