System, method, and/or apparatus for reordering search results

• US 8,412,702 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2008
• Issued: 04/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Cozzi, Alex
• Primary Examiner(s): Breene, John E
• Assistant Examiner(s): LODHI, ANDALIB FT
• Application Number:
  US12/047,069
• Publication Number:
  US 20090234834A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,847 Days
• Field of Search: 707/706, 707/723, 707/728, 707/732, 707/752, 707/754, 707/765, 707/73
• US Class Current: 707/723
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and systems associated with modifying search results are disclosed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating search results based on a received search query associated with a particular user, the generated search results being ranked in a particular order;

accessing user preferences of the particular user, the user preferences being based at least in part on one or more user inputs provided in connection with one or more prior search results, the user preferences having been previously associated, in a memory device coupled to a computing platform, with the particular user;

reordering the generated search results based at least in part on the user preferences of the particular user; and

generating one or more indications to indicate whether a placement of a particular search results of the generated search results has been made more prominent or less prominent at least partially in response to the reordering.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said one or more user inputs comprise an affirmative ranking or a negative ranking.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said reordering comprises prioritizing one or more search results.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said reordering comprises removing one or more search results.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein prioritizing one or more search results comprises moving said one or more results to a position at or near a beginning of the search results.

6. A method comprising:

receiving input from a user relating to one or more search results determined at least partially in response to receiving one or more search queries from said particular user;

in a memory device coupled to a computing platform, storing an associating of the user input with said one or more search queries previously submitted by said particular user;

generating search results based at least in part on one or more subsequently received search queries of the particular user, the generated search results being ranked in a particular order; and

reordering results of one or more subsequent searches of the particular user, at least partially in response to the received user input from the particular user to modify the particular order of the generated search results; and

generating one or more indications to indicate whether a placement of a particular search result of the generated search results has been made more prominent or less prominent at least partially in response to the reordering.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said one or more subsequent searches were initiated in association with said user.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the received input comprises an affirmative ranking or a negative ranking.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein said reordering comprises prioritizing one or more results from said one or more subsequent searches.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said reordering comprises removing one or more results from said one or more subsequent searches.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein prioritizing one or more search results comprises moving said one or more results to a position at or near a beginning of the search results.

12. A system comprising:

a memory device to store user preferences of a particular user;

one or more computing platforms, said one or more computing platforms operable to generate search results based at least in a part on a search query of the particular user, said one or more computing platforms to further access user preferences stored in the memory device and associated with the particular user, the user preferences being based at least in part on one more user inputs provided in connection with one or more prior search results, the user preferences having been previously of the particular user; and

said one or more computing platforms to further;

reorder the generated search results based at least in part on the user preferences for the particular user, and

generate one or more indications to indicate whether a placement of a particular search results of the generated search result has been made more prominent or less prominent at least partially in response to the reordering; and

a network interface in communication with an electronic communications network to receive the one or more user inputs and communicate reordered generated search results.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein said one or more user inputs comprise an affirmative ranking or a negative ranking.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein said one or more computing platforms are operable to reorder the generated search result at least in part by prioritizing one or more search results.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein said one or more computing platforms are operable to reorder the generated search result at least in part by removing one or more search results.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein said one or more servers are operable to prioritize at least in part by moving said one or more results to a position at or near a beginning of the search results.

17. An article comprising:

a storage medium having stored thereon instructions that are executed by a computing platform to;

process a received user input from a particular user relating to one or more search results determined at least partially in response to receiving one or more search queries from said particular user;

store an association of the user input with said one or more search queries previously submitted by said particular user;

generate search results based at least in part on one or more subsequently received search queries of the particular user, the generated search results being ranked in a particular order;

reorder results of one or more subsequent searches of the particular user, at least partially in response to the received user input from the particular user to modify the particular order of the generated search results; and

generate one or more indications to indicate whether a placement of a particular search results of the generated search results has been made more prominent or less prominent at least partially in response to the reordering.

18. The article of claim 17, wherein said one or more subsequent searches are initiated in association with said user.

19. The article of claim 17, wherein the received input comprises an affirmative ranking or a negative ranking.

20. The article of claim 17, wherein said instructions are further executable by said computing platform to prioritize one or more results from said one or more subsequent searches.

21. The article of claim 20, wherein said instructions are further executable by said computing platform to remove one or more results from said one or more subsequent searches.

22. The article of claim 21, wherein said instructions are further executable by said computing platform to move said one or more results to a position at or near a beginning of the search results.