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Page rank for the semantic web query

  • US 7,516,123 B2
  • Filed: 04/14/2005
  • Issued: 04/07/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-implemented method for querying semantically linked web pages in a semantic web comprising web pages linked by semantic links, each semantic link characterized as having a label providing a specific semantic link type, the method comprising:

  • receiving a query from a user, the query comprising one or more interest vectors, an interest vector representing an amount of user interest in web pages related to a corresponding semantic link type;

    based on the received query, searching a plurality of pages, the search identifying semantically linked web pages comprising at least a first page and a second page, the first page semantically linked to a target web page by a first semantic link type, the second page semantically linked to the target web page by a second semantic link type;

    obtaining a first page rank value related to the first page and a second page rank value related to the second page, the first page rank value indicating a value associated with the first semantic link type and the second page rank value indicating a value associated with the second semantic link type;

    calculating a first custom page rank value associated with the first page, the calculation based on the obtained first page rank value and the one or more interest vectors;

    calculating a second custom page rank value associated with the second page, the calculation based on the obtained second page rank value and the one or more interest vectors; and

    storing in a computer memory, as page rank values related to the target page, the calculated first custom page rank value and the calculated second custom page rank value.

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