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Blending mobile search results

  • US 8,341,147 B2
  • Filed: 05/11/2011
  • Issued: 12/25/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:

  • receiving a search query from a mobile device;

    obtaining a plurality of generic search results in response to the search query, and a plurality of mobile search results in response to the search query, wherein each of the generic search results identifies a respective generic resource and has a respective search result quality score, and wherein each of the mobile search results identifies a respective mobile resource and has a respective search result quality score;

    selecting a mobile search result of the plurality of mobile search results and a generic search result of the plurality of generic search results, wherein a domain of a uniform resource locator of a respective mobile resource identified by the selected mobile search result is identical to a domain of a uniform resource locator of a respective generic resource identified by the selected generic search result;

    increasing the respective search result quality score of the selected mobile search result;

    ranking the generic search results and the mobile search results, including the selected mobile search result, based on the respective search result quality scores; and

    providing the ranked search results to the mobile device.

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