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US Patent 7398271 - Using network traffic logs for search enhancement
US Patent Issued on July 8, 2008
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
April 16, 2022Estimated 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.
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
April 16, 2022Estimated 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.AbstractA method and apparatus for using network traffic logs for search enhancement is disclosed. According to one embodiment, network usage is tracked by generating log files. These log files among other things indicate the frequency web pages are referenced and modified. These log files or information from these log files can then be used to improve document ranking, improve web crawling, determine tiers in a multi-tiered index, determine where to insert a document in a multi-tiered index, determine link weights, and update a search engine index. | InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 10124509 filed on 04/16/2002US Classes:707/7, Sorting707/3, Query processing (i.e., searching)707/10, Distributed or remote access709/203, Client/server709/219Accessing a remote serverField of Search707/7, Sorting707/10, Distributed or remote access707/102, Generating database or data structure (e.g., via user interface)707/104.1, Application of database or data structure (e.g., distributed, multimedia, image)709/203, Client/server709/219, Accessing a remote server709/224Computer network monitoringExaminersPrimary: Wong, LeslieAttorney, Agent or FirmUS Patent References4167652, Method and apparatus for the interchanges of PCM wordIssued on: 09/11/1979 Inventor: Braugenhardt , et al.5611049, System for accessing distributed data cache channel at each network node to pass requests and data Issued on: 03/11/1997 Inventor: Pitts6018619, Method, system and apparatus for client-side usage tracking of information server systems Issued on: 01/25/2000 Inventor: Allard, et al.6085226, Method and apparatus for utility-directed prefetching of web pages into local cache using continual computation and user models Issued on: 07/04/2000 Inventor: Horvitz6085234, Remote file services network-infrastructure cache Issued on: 07/04/2000 Inventor: Pitts, et al.6334121, Usage pattern based user authenticator Issued on: 12/25/2001 Inventor: Primeaux, et al.6460036, System and method for providing customized electronic newspapers and target advertisements Issued on: 10/01/2002 Inventor: Herz6466970, System and method for collecting and analyzing information about content requested in a network (World Wide Web) environment Issued on: 10/15/2002 Inventor: Lee, et al.6564202, System and method for visually representing the contents of a multiple data object cluster Issued on: 05/13/2003 Inventor: Schuetze, et al.6718324, Metadata search results ranking system Issued on: 04/06/2004 Inventor: Edlund, et al.6728752System and method for information browsing using multi-modal features Issued on: 04/27/2004 Inventor: Chen, et al. International ClassG06F 17/30 |
