Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database and file access – Preparing data for information retrieval
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-05
2011-04-05
Alam, Shahid A (Department: 2162)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database and file access
Preparing data for information retrieval
C707S706000, C707S713000, C707S728000, C707S913000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07921119
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a software facility for identifying the items most relevant to a current query based on items selected in connection with similar queries. In preferred embodiments of the invention, the facility receives a query specifying one or more query terms. In response, the facility generates a query result identifying a plurality of items that satisfy the query. The facility then produces a ranking value for at least a portion of the items identified in the query result by combining the relative frequencies with which users selected that item from the query results generated from queries specifying each of the terms specified by the query. The facility identifies as most relevant those items having the highest ranking values.
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Alam Shahid A
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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