Social result abstraction based on network analysis
First Claim
1. A method for aggregating interests across a social network to influence search results by a user, the method comprising:
- retrieving, by one or more processors, a set of product documents given a rating by social network connections of a user within a social network;
categorizing, by one or more processors, each product document of the set of product documents such that there is at least a first product category;
receiving, by one or more processors, a search request for a product from the user;
determining, by one or more processors, that the product of the search request corresponds to the first product category; and
presenting, by one or more processors, a search result product based on ratings of product documents and the first product category, wherein presenting the search result product based on the ratings of the product documents and the first product category comprises;
presenting a product of the first product category corresponding to a different product than the product document of the first product category based on unfavorable ratings of the product document.
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Abstract
In an approach for aggregating interests across a social network to influence search results by a user, a processor retrieves a set of product documents given a rating by social network connections of a user within a social network. A processor categorizes each product document of the set of product documents such that there is at least a first product category. A processor receives a search request for a product from the user. A processor determines that the product of the search request corresponds to the first product category. A processor presents a search result product based on ratings of product documents of the first product category.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for aggregating interests across a social network to influence search results by a user, the method comprising:
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retrieving, by one or more processors, a set of product documents given a rating by social network connections of a user within a social network; categorizing, by one or more processors, each product document of the set of product documents such that there is at least a first product category; receiving, by one or more processors, a search request for a product from the user; determining, by one or more processors, that the product of the search request corresponds to the first product category; and presenting, by one or more processors, a search result product based on ratings of product documents and the first product category, wherein presenting the search result product based on the ratings of the product documents and the first product category comprises; presenting a product of the first product category corresponding to a different product than the product document of the first product category based on unfavorable ratings of the product document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer program product for aggregating interests across a social network to influence search results by a user, the computer program product comprising:
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one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising; program instructions to retrieve a set of product documents given a rating by social network connections of a user within a social network; program instructions to categorize each product document of the set of product documents such that there is at least a first product category; program instructions to receive a search request for a product from the user; program instructions to determine that the product of the search request corresponds to the first product category; and program instructions to present a search result product based on ratings of product documents and the first product category, wherein program instructions to present the search result product based on the ratings of the product documents and the first product category comprise; program instructions to present a product of the first product category corresponding to a different product than the product document of the first product category based on unfavorable ratings of the product document. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer system for aggregating interests across a social network to influence search results by a user, the computer system comprising:
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one or more computer processors, one or more computer readable storage media, and program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising; program instructions to retrieve a set of product documents given a rating by social network connections of a user within a social network; program instructions to categorize each product document of the set of product documents such that there is at least a first product category; program instructions to receive a search request for a product from the user; program instructions to determine that the product of the search request corresponds to the first product category; and program instructions to present a search result product based on ratings of product documents and the first product category, wherein program instructions to present the search result product based on the ratings of the product documents and the first product category comprise; program instructions to present a product of the first product category corresponding to a different product than the product document of the first product category based on unfavorable ratings of the product document. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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