System and method for supporting editorial opinion in the ranking of search results

Patent 7096214 Issued on August 22, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date:

December 13, 2020. 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.

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Inventors

Assignee

Google Inc.

Application

No. 09734887 filed on 12/13/2000

US Classes:

707/3, Query processing (i.e., searching)709/219, Accessing a remote server707/5Query augmenting and refining (e.g., inexact access)

Examiners

Primary: Mizrahi, Diane D.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Harrity Snyder, LLP

International Class

G06F 17/30

Abstract

A server improves the ranking of search results. The server includes a processor and a memory that stores instructions and a group of query themes. The processor receives a search query containing at least one search term, retrieves one or more objects based on the at least one search term and determines whether the search query corresponds to at least one of the group of query themes. The processor then ranks the one or more objects based on whether the search query corresponds to at least one of the group of query themes and provides the ranked one or more objects to a user.

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