Presenting search result information
First Claim
1. A method of presenting computer-generated search result information, comprising:
- receiving a search request from a first user;
obtaining a plurality of search results, wherein each search result identifies a respective search result document responsive to the search request;
determining an initial ranking of the plurality of search results;
determining that one or more particular web notebooks each have a respective title that matches the search request and that a particular search result document corresponding to a particular search result has document content related to respective notebook content in the one or more particular web notebooks of a plurality of web notebooks, wherein each web notebook has an author, the first user is not the author of any of the one or more particular web notebooks, and the related notebook content in each of the plurality of web notebooks includes web clippings taken by the author of the respective web notebook, wherein each of the web clippings is a snippet or a portion of a web document added to the respective web notebook by the author of the respective web notebook;
modifying the ranking of the plurality of search results including modifying the ranking of the particular search result based on a web notebook based ranker and using the content from the one or more particular web notebooks; and
providing a response to the search request including the plurality of search results for presentation in an order based on the modified ranking.
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Abstract
A method of presenting computer-generated search result information can include receiving a search request from a client computer; identifying a plurality of search results responsive to the search request; ranking the plurality of search results using content in one or more web notebooks; and providing the ranked plurality of search results for presentation in the client computer. Using the content can include determining whether at least one of a title, a heading, clipped content, metadata or a user-annotation in at least one web notebook relates to the search request and, if so, increasing a ranking of at least one search result referenced by the at least one web notebook.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of presenting computer-generated search result information, comprising:
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receiving a search request from a first user; obtaining a plurality of search results, wherein each search result identifies a respective search result document responsive to the search request; determining an initial ranking of the plurality of search results; determining that one or more particular web notebooks each have a respective title that matches the search request and that a particular search result document corresponding to a particular search result has document content related to respective notebook content in the one or more particular web notebooks of a plurality of web notebooks, wherein each web notebook has an author, the first user is not the author of any of the one or more particular web notebooks, and the related notebook content in each of the plurality of web notebooks includes web clippings taken by the author of the respective web notebook, wherein each of the web clippings is a snippet or a portion of a web document added to the respective web notebook by the author of the respective web notebook; modifying the ranking of the plurality of search results including modifying the ranking of the particular search result based on a web notebook based ranker and using the content from the one or more particular web notebooks; and providing a response to the search request including the plurality of search results for presentation in an order based on the modified ranking. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of presenting computer-generated search result information, comprising:
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receiving a search request from a first user; obtaining a plurality of search results, wherein each search result identifies a respective search result document responsive to the search request; generating snippet information for a particular search result of the plurality of search results, wherein generating the snippet information comprises; determining that one or more particular web notebooks each have a respective title that matches the search request and that one or more web clippings included in the one or more particular web notebooks relate to a portion of a particular search result document corresponding to the particular search result, wherein the one or more web clippings are portions of web documents added to the one or more particular web notebooks by respective authors and the first user is not one of the respective authors; and generating the snippet information for the particular search result from the one or more web clippings included in the one or more particular web notebooks; and providing, in a response to the search request and for display to the first user, the particular search result with the snippet information generated from the one or more web clippings. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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