Systems and media for awarding credits based on provided usage information
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- obtaining aggregate document usage information provided by a plurality of users for a first document wherein the document usage information represents interactions of the plurality of users with a same specific position within the first document wherein the document usage information includes an amount of time that the plurality of users spent accessing the position in the document;
receiving a query submitted by a user of a computer system;
obtaining search results responsive to the query wherein each search result identifies a respective document and wherein at least one of the search results identifies the first document;
ordering the search results based on, at least, the document usage information; and
after the ordering, providing the search results to the computer system.
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Abstract
Systems and media for awarding credits based on provided usage information are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and/or software for collecting and disseminating usage information related to electronic documents and for awarding usage credits to users in exchange for providing usage information are disclosed. Embodiments include receiving an indication of the usage of an electronic document by a user and aggregating the received usage indication for the document with usage indications relating to other users. Embodiments may also include creating document utilization information for the electronic document based on the aggregated usage indications and awarding usage credit to the user based on the user'"'"'s providing statistics on the usage of the electronic document. Further embodiments may include transmitting an indication of the awarded usage credit to the user and receiving a request to use the usage credits.
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21 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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obtaining aggregate document usage information provided by a plurality of users for a first document wherein the document usage information represents interactions of the plurality of users with a same specific position within the first document wherein the document usage information includes an amount of time that the plurality of users spent accessing the position in the document; receiving a query submitted by a user of a computer system; obtaining search results responsive to the query wherein each search result identifies a respective document and wherein at least one of the search results identifies the first document; ordering the search results based on, at least, the document usage information; and after the ordering, providing the search results to the computer system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer readable medium having instruction stored thereon that, when executed by one or more computers, causes the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
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obtaining aggregate document usage information provided by a plurality of users for a first document wherein the document usage information represents interactions of the plurality of users with a same specific position within the first document wherein the document usage information includes an amount of time that the plurality of users spent accessing the position in the document; receiving a query submitted by a user of a computer system; obtaining search results responsive to the query wherein each search result identifies a respective document and wherein at least one of the search results identifies the first document; ordering the search results based on, at least, the document usage information; and after the ordering, providing the search results to the computer system. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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a computer readable medium having instruction stored thereon; and one or more computers programmed to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising; obtaining aggregate document usage information provided by a plurality of users for a first document wherein the document usage information represents interactions of the plurality of users with a same specific position within the first document wherein the document usage information includes an amount of time that the plurality of users spent accessing the position in the document; receiving a query submitted by a user of a computer system; obtaining search results responsive to the query wherein each search result identifies a respective document and wherein at least one of the search results identifies the first document; ordering the search results based on, at least, the document usage information; and after the ordering, providing the search results to the computer system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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