System and method for providing search result based on personal network
First Claim
1. A system to provide a search result, the system comprising:
- a search term reception unit to receive a search term;
a processor to extract information corresponding to at least one of a first personal network associated with the search term and a second personal network different than the first personal network;
a search result providing unit to provide a document associated with at least one of the first personal network and the second personal network as a search result of the search term; and
a neighbor information extraction unit to extract information corresponding to at least one neighbor having interests corresponding to interests of a user, the information corresponding to the at least one neighbor being based, at least in part, on a profile of the user, the profile being configured using keywords in a document prepared by the user, and the search term being received from the user, the keywords being time-variable and corresponding to keywords having the highest frequency of occurrence in the document.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing a search result based on a personal network are disclosed. The search result providing system may include a search term reception unit, a personal network extraction unit, and a search result providing unit which may receive a search term from a user. The personal network extraction unit may extract at least one of a personal network associated with the search term, and a personal network associated with the user. The search result providing unit may provide documents associated with the personal networks as a search result of the search term. A search result optimized for the user may be provided to the user by searching for information corresponding to the search term from communities joined by another user having similar interests to that of the user, or communities joined by the user, based on personal networks of the user.
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20 Claims
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1. A system to provide a search result, the system comprising:
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a search term reception unit to receive a search term; a processor to extract information corresponding to at least one of a first personal network associated with the search term and a second personal network different than the first personal network; a search result providing unit to provide a document associated with at least one of the first personal network and the second personal network as a search result of the search term; and a neighbor information extraction unit to extract information corresponding to at least one neighbor having interests corresponding to interests of a user, the information corresponding to the at least one neighbor being based, at least in part, on a profile of the user, the profile being configured using keywords in a document prepared by the user, and the search term being received from the user, the keywords being time-variable and corresponding to keywords having the highest frequency of occurrence in the document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method that utilizes a processor to provide a search result, the method comprising:
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receiving a search term from a user; extracting, via the processor, information corresponding to at least one of a first personal network associated with the search term and a second personal network different than the first personal network; extracting information corresponding to at least one neighbor having interests corresponding to interests of the user based, at least in part, on a profile of the user; and providing a document associated with at least one of the first personal network and the second personal network as a search result of the search term, wherein extracting the information corresponding to the at least one neighbor comprises; providing the profile of the user using keywords provided in a document prepared by the user, the keywords being time-variable and corresponding to keywords having the highest frequency of occurrence in the document. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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