Scoring documents in a linked database
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a computer, a search query that includes a search term;
identifying, by the computer, a plurality of documents that include the search term;
identifying, by the computer, anchor text that matches the search term,the anchor text being included in a first document of the plurality of documents,the anchor text corresponding to a link that points to a second document, andthe second document not being one of the plurality of documents;
generating, by the computer, a list of documents that includes information regarding the plurality of documents and the second document; and
providing, by the computer, the list of documents.
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Abstract
A method assigns importance ranks to nodes in a linked database, such as any database of documents containing citations, the world wide web or any other hypermedia database. The rank assigned to a document is calculated from the ranks of documents citing it. In addition, the rank of a document is calculated from a constant representing the probability that a browser through the database will randomly jump to the document. The method is particularly useful in enhancing the performance of search engine results for hypermedia databases, such as the world wide web, whose documents have a large variation in quality.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a computer, a search query that includes a search term; identifying, by the computer, a plurality of documents that include the search term; identifying, by the computer, anchor text that matches the search term, the anchor text being included in a first document of the plurality of documents, the anchor text corresponding to a link that points to a second document, and the second document not being one of the plurality of documents; generating, by the computer, a list of documents that includes information regarding the plurality of documents and the second document; and providing, by the computer, the list of documents. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a computer, a search query that includes a search term; identifying, by the computer, a plurality of documents that include the search term; identifying, by the computer, anchor text or text in an immediate vicinity of the anchor text that matches the search term, the anchor text and the text in the immediate vicinity of the anchor text being included in a first document of the plurality of documents, the anchor text corresponding to a link that points to a second document, and the second document not being one of the plurality of documents; generating, by the computer, a list of documents that includes information regarding the plurality of documents and the second document; and providing, by the computer, the list of documents. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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