Method and apparatus for intranet searching
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1. A method for processing an intranet comprising a plurality of pages including at least one root page, the method comprising acts of:
- (A) crawling the intranet to identify at least some of the plurality of pages in the intranet;
(B) determining, for each of the identified pages, a number of links in a shortest path from a root page of the at least one root page to the identified page, the number constituting a first number;
(C) identifying a number of the plurality of pages in response to a search query, the number constituting a second number; and
(D) presenting pages selected in response to the search query, the presentation of the selected pages indicating a degree of relevance of each selected page to the query, the relevance being based in part on comparing the first number to the second number.
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Abstract
A method for processing an intranet includes crawling the intranet to identify at least some of the pages in the intranet, and determining, for each identified page, a number of links in a shortest path from a root page to the identified page.
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1. A method for processing an intranet comprising a plurality of pages including at least one root page, the method comprising acts of:
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(A) crawling the intranet to identify at least some of the plurality of pages in the intranet; (B) determining, for each of the identified pages, a number of links in a shortest path from a root page of the at least one root page to the identified page, the number constituting a first number; (C) identifying a number of the plurality of pages in response to a search query, the number constituting a second number; and (D) presenting pages selected in response to the search query, the presentation of the selected pages indicating a degree of relevance of each selected page to the query, the relevance being based in part on comparing the first number to the second number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for processing an intranet comprising a plurality of pages organized hierarchically in layers, the method comprising acts of:
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(A) receiving a query; (B) computing a value indicating a generality of the query; (C) identifying pages matching the query; (D) determining, for each of the matching pages, an indication of a generality of the matching page based at least in part on the layer within the hierarchy of the matching page at which terms match the query; and (E) presenting the matching pages in response to the search query, the presentation of the matching pages being based on a correlation between the value indicating the generality of the query and the indications of the generality of the matching pages. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method for processing an intranet comprising a plurality of pages including at least one root page, the method comprising acts of:
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(A) receiving a query; (B) computing a value indicating a generality of the query based at least in part on identifying a number of the plurality of pages matching the query; (C) computing a value, for each of the matching pages, indicating a generality of the matching page based at least in part on a number of links in a shortest path from a root page of the at least one root page to the matching page; and (D) automatically presenting the matching pages in response to the query, the presentation of the matching pages being ordered based on a correlation between the value indicating the generality of the query and the values indicating the generality of the matching pages. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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