Method for organizing information
Patent 6078916 Issued on June 20, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date: 
March 12, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
March 12, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesIterative technique for phrase query formation and an information retrieval system employing same Adaptive ranking system for information retrieval Document retrieval system involving ranking of documents in accordance with a degree to which the documents fulfill a retrieval condition corresponding to a user entry System for generation of user profiles for a system for customized electronic identification of desirable objects Patent #: 5754939 InventorApplicationNo. 041411 filed on 03/12/1998US Classes:707/5Query augmenting and refining (e.g., inexact access)ExaminersPrimary: Choules, Jack M.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 017/30AbstractA method of organizing information in which the search activity of a user is monitored and such activity is used to organize articles in a subsequent search. The invention operates by assigning scores to articles under key term components in an index. As users enter search queries and select articles, the scores are altered according to, among other things, the amount of time spent inspecting an article, whether the article is the last one inspected, how many articles are ranked higher than the article, how many articles have been previously inspected by the user, and whether an advertising banner was selected by the user.The scores are then used in subsequent searches to organize the articles that match a search query. As millions of people use the Internet, type in millions of search queries, and display or select the many articles available over the Internet, the present invention uses this search activity to rank information available over the Internet through an evolutionary process. The invention includes additional embodiments which incorporate category key terms and rating key terms.Other References
Field of SearchQuery augmenting and refining (e.g., inexact access) | |
