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Performant relevance improvements in search query results

  • US 7,529,736 B2
  • Filed: 05/06/2005
  • Issued: 05/05/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer implemented system that facilitates obtaining search query results, comprising a computer readable medium having stored thereon:

  • a plurality of search query result ranking components, including a learning component, that receive search query results and separately determine search query rankings for the search query utilizing, at least in part, a property store, the learning component differentiates between implicit and explicit user search query feedback in determining search query rankings; and

    a relevance component that determines an optimum search query result relevancy ranking via aggregation of the separately determined search query rankings at least in part by;

    determining a first set of highest ranking n results from the search query results in terms of OKAPI ranking, where n is an integer from one to infinity;

    selecting scores that are coerced via a best bets procedure and moving them to a top of the first set;

    determining a second set of highest ranking n results from the search query results in terms of a learning relevance score;

    merging the first and second sets of highest ranking n results via one-to-P interleaving, where P is an integer from one to infinity;

    removing duplicate results; and

    returning a first n results of the merged set.

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