Systems and methods for removing duplicate search engine results
First Claim
1. A method for removing duplicate URLs from a plurality of listed URLs, said method comprising:
- determining a display URL for each of a plurality of listed URLs; and
determining if any subset comprising at least two listed URLs from among the plurality of listed URLs have the same display URL and, if so, eliminating at least one listed URL from among the subset of listed URLs having the same display URL, wherein specific listed URLs from among the subset of listed URLs having the same display URL are selected for elimination based on a selection rule, wherein the selection rule for the elimination of specific listed URLs from among the subset of listed URLs having the same display URL is for lesser paying listed URLs to be eliminated.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed toward efficiently locating desired information and, more specifically, to providing a system and method for removing unnecessary multiple references to a common resource such as redundant listed Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) that reference the same display URLs (and thus the same Web page) as another listed URL. Consequently, in circumstances where only a smaller, finite number of listed results are immediately used (such as displaying only the twenty most relevant results on the first page presented to a search engine end-user), the finite number of listed results may corresponds to a greater number of unique display URLs than would otherwise occur absent this form of filtering.
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40 Claims
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1. A method for removing duplicate URLs from a plurality of listed URLs, said method comprising:
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determining a display URL for each of a plurality of listed URLs; and determining if any subset comprising at least two listed URLs from among the plurality of listed URLs have the same display URL and, if so, eliminating at least one listed URL from among the subset of listed URLs having the same display URL, wherein specific listed URLs from among the subset of listed URLs having the same display URL are selected for elimination based on a selection rule, wherein the selection rule for the elimination of specific listed URLs from among the subset of listed URLs having the same display URL is for lesser paying listed URLs to be eliminated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A duplicate URL removal system comprising:
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means for determining a display URL for each of a plurality of listed URLs; means determining if any subset comprising at least two listed URLs from among the plurality of listed URLs have the same display URL; and means for eliminating at least one listed URL from among the subset of listed URLs having the same display URL, wherein specific listed URLs from among the subset of listed URLs having the same display URL are selected for elimination based on a selection rule, wherein the selection rule for the elimination of specific listed URLs from among the subset of listed URLs having the same display URL is for lesser paying listed URLs to be eliminated. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer-readable medium bearing computer-readable instructions for:
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determining a display URL for each of a plurality of listed URLs; and determining if any subset comprising at least two listed URLs from among the plurality of listed URLs have the same display URL and, if so, eliminates at least one listed URL from among the subset of listed URLs having the same display URL, wherein specific listed URLs from among the subset of listed URLs having the same display URL are selected for elimination based on a selection rule, wherein the selection rule for the elimination of specific listed URLs from among the subset of listed URLs having the same display URL is for lesser paying listed URLs to be eliminated. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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