Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-20
2007-02-20
Alam, Shahid Al (Department: 2162)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C709S203000, C709S206000, C715S252000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10853552
ABSTRACT:
Methods and systems for conceptually organizing and presenting information. A correlation of multiple users' responses to the organization and presentation of information is used to determine an optimal organization and presentation of the information. For one embodiment of the invention, in the context of search engine result optimization, the user activity and/or user information of multiple users, during a search session, is correlated with queries to effect an evolving association between queries and the organization and presentation of documents. Systems in accordance with such embodiments employ the ability to store users' activity over the entire search session, thus making possible the correlation of a number of different types of user activity and user information. The use of correlated user input allows such systems to provide relevant search results without the limitations imposed by the key-word-based systems of the prior art.
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Curtis Andy
Gerasoulis Apostolos
Levin Alan
Al Alam Shahid
Blakely , Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP
De Klerk Stephen M.
IAC Search and Media, Inc.
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