Relevancy sorting of user's browser history
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- maintaining metadata associated with browser-accessible items, wherein the metadata includes;
a title associated with an item, a URL associated with an item, a last date an item was visited by a user, frequency with which an item has been visited by a user, and whether or not an item was selected from a list;
assigning numerical weights to the metadata to represent how important a particular piece of metadata is in respect to total relevance of maintained metadata;
processing weighted metadata using a relevancy algorithm;
receiving a user action associated with accessing one or more items; and
responsive to receiving the user action, presenting one or more suggestions based upon the user action and an output of the relevancy algorithm, wherein presenting comprises displaying the one or more suggestions grouped according to types of suggestions, wherein individual types of suggestions are associated with a different user action related to the browser that caused an associated suggestion to be presented.
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Abstract
Various embodiments provide a Web browser that employs a relevancy algorithm to make an educated guess as to the likelihood of a user'"'"'s intended destination when the user begins to enter text into a browser'"'"'s address bar. In one or more embodiments, the relevancy algorithm employs various parameters and assigns weights to the parameters to arrive at a collection of suggestions to provide to the user. By using various rules, associated weightings, and the relevancy algorithm, relevant suggestions can be provided to a user to facilitate their navigation activities.
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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maintaining metadata associated with browser-accessible items, wherein the metadata includes;
a title associated with an item, a URL associated with an item, a last date an item was visited by a user, frequency with which an item has been visited by a user, and whether or not an item was selected from a list;assigning numerical weights to the metadata to represent how important a particular piece of metadata is in respect to total relevance of maintained metadata; processing weighted metadata using a relevancy algorithm; receiving a user action associated with accessing one or more items; and responsive to receiving the user action, presenting one or more suggestions based upon the user action and an output of the relevancy algorithm, wherein presenting comprises displaying the one or more suggestions grouped according to types of suggestions, wherein individual types of suggestions are associated with a different user action related to the browser that caused an associated suggestion to be presented. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. One or more computer-readable storage media comprising computer-readable instructions which, when executed, implement a method comprising:
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maintaining metadata associated with browser-accessible items, wherein the metadata includes one or more of;
a title associated with an item, a URL associated with an item, a last date an item was visited by a user, frequency with which an item has been visited by a user, or whether or not an item was selected from a list;assigning numerical weights to the metadata to represent how important a particular piece of metadata is in respect to total relevance of maintained metadata; processing weighted metadata using a relevancy algorithm; receiving a user action associated with accessing one or more items; and responsive to receiving the user action, presenting suggestions based upon the user action and an output of the relevancy algorithm, wherein the suggestions are grouped in accordance with different types, wherein at least one of the suggestions utilizes different parameters for the relevancy algorithm than another of the one or more suggestions based, at least in part, on the type of suggestion. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
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one or more computer-readable storage media; computer readable instructions embodied on the one or more computer-readable storage media which, when executed, provide a Web browser configured to implement a method comprising; maintaining metadata associated with browser-accessible items, wherein the metadata includes;
a title associated with an item, a URL associated with an item, a last date an item was visited by a user, frequency with which an item has been visited by a user, and whether or not an item was selected from a list;assigning numerical weights to the metadata to represent how important a particular piece of metadata is in respect to total relevance of maintained metadata; processing weighted metadata using a relevancy algorithm; receiving a user action associated with accessing one or more items; and responsive to receiving the user action, presenting one or more suggestions based upon the user action and an output of the relevancy algorithm, wherein presenting comprises displaying the one or more suggestions grouped according to types of suggestions, wherein individual types of suggestions are associated with a different user action related to the browser that caused an associated suggestion to be presented. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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