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Search system and methods with integration of user annotations from a trust network

  • US 9,852,187 B2
  • Filed: 05/30/2014
  • Issued: 12/26/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method implemented on a machine having at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform connected to a network for responding to a request, the method comprising:

  • receiving a first request from a user;

    obtaining at least one search result based on the first request;

    selecting one or more others users from a social network of the user based on;

    a respective first degree of separation between the user and each of the one or more other users and a reputation score of each of the one or more other users, wherein each degree of separation indicates a second degree of trust the user has in at least a first annotation generated by a corresponding other user of the one or more other users, and wherein the reputation score of the corresponding other user is determined based on a level of participation of the corresponding other user in the social network of the user and a rating associated with the at least first annotation;

    determining content in the at least one search result, wherein the content had previously been accessed by at least one other user of the one or more other users;

    incorporating, in the at least one search result, first information indicating that the content had previously been accessed by the at least one other user of the one or more other users; and

    transmitting the at least one search result with the first information incorporated therein to the user in response to the first request.

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