Method and apparatus to reorder search results in view of identified information of interest
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1. A method comprising:
- monitoring packets of network traffic on a local network of a local computing device for device specific information and device descriptions of network devices connected to the local network;
based on information of the devices connected to the local network from the monitoring, storing data of interest on the local computing device, the data of interest consisting essentially of the device specific information and device descriptions of the network devices connected to the local network to which the local computing device is also connected;
receiving a query with regard to the data of interest stored on the local computing device;
modifying the query based on the data of interest and submitting the query to at least one query processor;
receiving query results, including query results form an Internet search engine, in a first order in response to the submitted query;
scoring each of at least a subset of the query results as a function of the data of interest, the scoring including;
retrieving at least a subset of web pages represented in the Internet search engine query results; and
identifying and counting unique features represented in the data of interest that occur in each of the retrieved web pages;
scoring each of a plurality of features of a retrieved web page;
weighting at least one feature; and
summing each of the features, including weighted features, to determine a score for each retrieved webpage; and
reordering the query results into a second order as a function of the scoring.
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Abstract
Various embodiments described herein provide systems, methods, and software to automatically reorder search results presented to users based on information specific to the user or the computing environment of the user. Some embodiments include a data store holding user or environment specific data that is used to identify search results that are more likely to be relevant to the user. These and other embodiments are described in greater detail herein.
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1. A method comprising:
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monitoring packets of network traffic on a local network of a local computing device for device specific information and device descriptions of network devices connected to the local network; based on information of the devices connected to the local network from the monitoring, storing data of interest on the local computing device, the data of interest consisting essentially of the device specific information and device descriptions of the network devices connected to the local network to which the local computing device is also connected; receiving a query with regard to the data of interest stored on the local computing device; modifying the query based on the data of interest and submitting the query to at least one query processor; receiving query results, including query results form an Internet search engine, in a first order in response to the submitted query; scoring each of at least a subset of the query results as a function of the data of interest, the scoring including; retrieving at least a subset of web pages represented in the Internet search engine query results; and identifying and counting unique features represented in the data of interest that occur in each of the retrieved web pages; scoring each of a plurality of features of a retrieved web page; weighting at least one feature; and summing each of the features, including weighted features, to determine a score for each retrieved webpage; and reordering the query results into a second order as a function of the scoring. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory computer readable medium, with instructions stored thereon, which when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:
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monitor packets of network traffic on a local network of a local computing device for device specific information and device descriptions of network devices connected to the local network; based on information of the devices connected to the local network from the monitoring, store data of interest on the local computing device, the data of interest consisting essentially of device specific information and device descriptions of network devices connected to the local network to which the local computing device is also connected; receive a query with regard to the data of interest stored on the local computing device; modify the query based on the data of interest and submitting the query to at least one query processor; receive query results, including query results form an Internet search engine, in a first order in response to the submitted query; score each of at least a subset of the query results as a function of the data of interest, the scoring including; retrieving at least a subset of web pages represented in the Internet search engine query results; and identifying and counting unique features represented in the data of interest that occur in each of the retrieved web pages; scoring each of a plurality of features of a retrieved web page; weighting at least one feature; and summing each of the features, including weighted features, to determine a score for each retrieved webpage; and reorder the query results into a second order as a function of the scoring. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor, at least one memory device, and at least one network interface device; an Internet browsing application stored on the at least one memory device and executable by the at least one processor; a search result re-ranking module stored on the at least one memory device and executable by the at least one processor to be operable with the Internet browsing application to; monitor packets of network traffic on a local network of the apparatus for device specific information and device descriptions of network devices connected to the local network; based on information of the devices connected to the local network from the monitoring, store data of interest on the at least one memory device, the data of interest consisting essentially of device specific information and device descriptions of network devices connected to the local network to which the apparatus is also connected; receive a query with regard to the data of interest stored on the at least one memory device; modify the query based on the data of interest and submitting the query, via the at least one network interface device, to at least one query processor; receive, via the at least one network interface device form an Internet search engine, search results in a first order in response to a search submitted to an Internet searching utility through the Internet browsing application; score each of at least a subset of the search results as a function of data of interest for the apparatus, the scoring including; retrieving at least a subset of web pages represented in the Internet search engine query results; and identifying and counting unique features represented in the data of interest that occur in each of the retrieved web pages; scoring each of a plurality of features of a retrieved web page; weighting at least one feature; and summing each of the features, including weighted features, to determine a score for each retrieved webpage; and reorder the search results into a second order as a function of the score of each of the scored search results. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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