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Merging search results

  • US 8,392,394 B1
  • Filed: 05/04/2010
  • Issued: 03/05/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • obtaining first search results responsive to a query from a first search engine system where the first search engine system utilized a first index and a first scoring algorithm to respectively identify and score each of the first search results;

    obtaining second search results responsive to the query from a second search engine system where the search engine system utilized a second, different index and a second, different scoring algorithm to respectively identify and score each of the second search results;

    identifying a number of first search results that are authority results, wherein an authority result refers to an authority page of a business entity;

    re-scoring a portion of the number of first search results that are authority results using the second scoring algorithm;

    combining the re-scored first search results that are authority results with the second search results to generate combined second search results, wherein an authority result refers to an authority page of a business entity the authority results in the combined second search results are ordered to correspond to a relative order of authority results in the first search results if the number of first search results that are authority results exceeds a threshold; and

    providing the combined second search results to a client device in response to the query.

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