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Personalized search methods

  • US 6,182,068 B1
  • Filed: 03/01/1999
  • Issued: 01/30/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/01/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of organizing a plurality of articles comprising:

  • (a) providing an index, the index being able to store key term groupings of at least one key term and at least one personal data element and associate each article with at least one of the key term groupings, the index further being able to associate a key term score with each article under each of the respective key term groupings when stored within the index;

    (b) accepting a first search query from a first user having first personal data;

    (c) identifying key terms that match the first search query, the key terms that match the first search query being first matched key terms;

    (d) identifying first personal data elements that match the first personal data, the first personal data elements that match the first personal data being first matched personal data elements;

    (e) displaying squibs of articles related to the first search query to the first user;

    (f) allowing the first user to select at least one of the articles related to the first search query, the article selected by the first user being a selected article;

    (g) altering the index such that the key term score for the selected article under at least one first matched key term grouping of at least one of the first matched key terms and at least one of the first matched personal data elements is altered relative to other key term scores;

    (h) accepting a second search query from a second user having second personal data;

    (i) identifying key terms that match the second search query, the key terms that match the second search query being second matched key terms;

    (j) identifying second personal data elements that match the second personal data, the second personal data elements that match the first personal data being second matched personal data elements; and

    (k) displaying squibs of articles related to the second search query to the second user, wherein the squibs of articles related to the second search query are organized in order of superiority of their key term scores under at least one second matched key term grouping of at least one of the second matched key terms and at least one of the second matched personal data elements when at least one of the second matched key terms matches at least one of the first matched key terms and when at least one of the second matched personal data elements matches at least one of the first matched personal data elements, whereby the selected article will be ranked higher for the second user than before the first user had selected the article.

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