Rank-based estimate of relevance values

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2009-12-15

2011-12-13

Channavajjala, Srirama (Department: 2157)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database and file access

Search engines

C707S748000, C707S749000, C707S753000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08078606

ABSTRACT:
A method includes submitting a query to multiple search engines. The method also includes receiving a ranked list of search results from each search engine based on the query. The method includes determining a search engine weighting value for each search engine, where each search engine weighting value indicates a degree of relevance of a category of specialization of a particular search engine to a category of the query.

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