CN101512524A - Method and apparatus of obtaining or providing search results using user-based biases - Google Patents

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, processors, and computer program products for obtaining or providing search results are provided. A method of providing search results includes receiving a query initiated by a user and performing a search based on the query. The method further includes determining a friends bias associated with the user, biasing a search result based on the friends bias, and storing the biased search results. Further provided is a method for obtaining search results that includes receiving a query initiated by a user and forwarding the query for performance of a search. Further included in the method is receiving and storing a biased search result in response to the query. The biased search result is based on friends bias data.

Description

Use obtains or provides the method and apparatus of Search Results based on user's deflection

The opinion of the right of priority under the 35 U.S.C. § 119

Present application for patent advocate the title of filing an application on August 31st, 2006 for " being used to use the method and apparatus (METHOD AND APPARATUS FORPROVIDING IMPROVED SEARCH RESULTS USING USER-BASED BIASES) that improved Search Results is provided based on user's deflection " the 60/841st, the right of priority of No. 805 provisional application cases, described provisional application case are yielded assignee of the present invention and clearly are incorporated herein by reference.

Technical field

The present invention relates generally to search engine.More particularly, aspect disclosed herein relates to based on deflection provides the target search result.

Background technology

Search engine is to help to seek the information retrieval system of the information on the computer system through design.For instance, search engine is used on the local storage of computing machine or seeks information about WWW in the application program of for example contacts list.The user submits to search engine with inquiry, and search engine is determined in the computer system that it is associated and the coupling of described inquiry.For instance, but the intrasystem information of another part index corresponding computer of search engine or system, and will comprise the data of inquiry and compare through the information of index to determine coupling.In addition, search engine is assembled into Search Results with match information.In addition, Search Results can be for example based on the number percent of coupling or based on the grade of the deflection evaluation match information of liking.Subsequently, search engine will turn back to the user as Search Results through the information of coupling.

Search engine provides general answer or response through design with the inquiry to the user.Similarly, submit to two different users of same queries will receive back approximately identical Search Results to same search engine.

Along with search engine becomes an indispensable part in the modern life, need provide to the user to have more target/through the Search Results of refinement.

Summary of the invention

Hereinafter present simplification summary to one or more aspects so that the basic understanding to described aspect to be provided.Described summary is not the extensive overview ot that all is contained the aspect, and neither plan the crucial or critical element of all aspects of identification, also do not plan to describe the scope of any or all aspect.The sole purpose of described summary is to present some notions of one or more aspects in simplified form as the preorder that is described in more detail that presents after a while.

On the one hand, a kind of method that Search Results is provided comprises reception and carries out search by the initial inquiry of user and based on described inquiry.Described method further comprises determines that the friend who is associated with described user is partial to, and makes Search Results that deflection be arranged based on described friend's deflection.In addition, described method comprises the described Search Results that deflection is arranged of storage.

In another aspect, a kind ofly be configured to provide the computer program of Search Results to comprise computer-readable media.Described computer-readable media comprises and is used to cause computing machine reception at least one instruction by the initial inquiry of user, and is used to cause described computer based to carry out at least one instruction of search in described inquiry.In addition, described computer-readable media comprises at least one instruction that is used to cause the definite friend's deflection that is associated with described user of described computing machine, and is used to cause described computer based to make Search Results that at least one instruction of deflection be arranged in described friend's deflection.In addition, described computer-readable media comprises and is used to cause described at least one instruction that the Search Results of deflection is arranged of described Computer Storage.

In aspect further, at least aly be configured to provide the processor of Search Results to comprise: first module, it is used to receive the initial inquiry by the user; And second module, it is used for carrying out search based on described inquiry.In addition, described at least one processor comprises: three module, and it is used for determining that the friend who is associated with described user is partial to; And four module, it is used for making Search Results that deflection be arranged based on described friend's deflection.In addition, described at least one processor comprises the 5th module, and it is used to store the described Search Results that deflection is arranged.

In aspect another, a kind ofly be used to provide the equipment of Search Results to comprise: receiving trap, it is used to receive the initial inquiry by the user; And actuating unit, it is used for carrying out search based on described inquiry.In addition, described equipment comprises: determine device, it is used for determining that the friend who is associated with described user is partial to; And deviator, it is used for making Search Results that deflection be arranged based on described friend's deflection.In addition, described equipment comprises memory storage, and it is used to store the described Search Results that deflection is arranged.

In aspect another, a kind ofly be used to provide the equipment of Search Results to comprise: communications component, it can be operated to receive by the initial inquiry of user; And search engine module, it can be operated to carry out search based on described inquiry and to produce Search Results.Described equipment further comprises: friend is partial to assembly, it comprises the friend who is associated with described user and is partial to data, and wherein said search engine module or described friend are partial to assembly and further can operate to produce and make described Search Results that the Search Results that deflection is arranged of deflection be arranged corresponding to be partial to data based on described friend.In addition, described equipment comprises memory module, and it can be operated to store the described Search Results that deflection is arranged.

In aspect another, a kind of method that is used to obtain Search Results comprises reception by the initial inquiry of user and transmit described inquiry to carry out search.In addition, described method comprises the Search Results that receives and store deflection in response to described inquiry, and wherein said have the Search Results of deflection to be partial to data based on friend.

In aspect another, a kind of computer program that is configured to obtain Search Results comprises computer-readable media.Described computer-readable media comprises and is used to cause computing machine reception at least one instruction by the initial inquiry of user, and is used to cause described computing machine to transmit described inquiry to carry out at least one instruction of search.In addition, described computer-readable media comprises at least one instruction of the Search Results that is used to cause described computing machine to receive and store deflection in response to described inquiry, and wherein said have the Search Results of deflection to be partial to data based on friend.

In aspect further, at least aly be configured to provide the processor of Search Results to comprise: first module, it is used to receive the initial inquiry by the user; And second module, it is used to transmit described inquiry to carry out search.In addition, described at least one processor comprises: three module, and it receives and stores the Search Results of deflection in response to described inquiry, and wherein said have the Search Results of deflection to be partial to data based on friend.

In aspect another, a kind of equipment that is used to obtain Search Results comprises: receiving trap, and it is used to receive the initial inquiry by the user; And retransmission unit, it is used to transmit described inquiry to carry out search.In addition, described equipment comprises receiving trap and memory storage, and it is used for receiving and storing in response to described inquiry the Search Results of deflection, and wherein said have the Search Results of deflection to be partial to data based on friend.

In aspect further, a kind of equipment that is used to obtain Search Results comprises: search initiator assembly, and it can be operated to receive by the initial inquiry of user; And communications component, it can be operated to transmit described inquiry to carry out search.In addition, described equipment comprises Search Results examination assembly, and it can be operated to receive and to store the Search Results of deflection in response to described inquiry, and wherein said have the Search Results of deflection to be partial to data based on friend.

Address relevant purpose on realizing, described one or more aspects are included in the hereinafter comprehensive description of institute and specifically noted feature in claims.Hereinafter explanation and accompanying drawing elaborate some illustrative aspects of one or more aspects.Yet these features only represent to utilize several and this explanation in the variety of way of principle of each side to plan to comprise all these aspects and equivalent aspect thereof.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram that can operate with the aspect of the system that provides or obtain the Search Results that friend is partial to;

Fig. 2 is the synoptic diagram of the aspect that accesses terminal of system;

Fig. 3 is the synoptic diagram of aspect of the network equipment of system;

Fig. 4 is the process flow diagram of aspect that obtains to have the method for the Search Results that friend is partial to;

Fig. 5 provides the process flow diagram of aspect of the method for the Search Results that friend is partial to;

Fig. 6 is to use friend to be partial to provide to have more target/through the message flow chart of the aspect of the Search Results of refinement;

Fig. 7 is to use friend to be partial to message flow chart with the aspect of filter search results; And

Fig. 8 uses the process flow diagram of RFID with the aspect that produces the information that can praise the Search Results that friend is partial in conjunction with WAN.

Embodiment

Aspect disclosed herein relates to based at least one deflection (for example, the deflection that is associated with one or more friends by User Recognition) provides the target search result.

" user " disclosed herein can be considered as comprising any entity of initial searching request (for example, by submitting inquiry to) largo.

" group " disclosed herein can comprise one or more users with predetermined association, makes the group be addressed to all users that addressing effectively is associated with group.

Term disclosed herein " friend " or " list of friends " can be considered as comprising one or more entities (for example, one of group son group) that have predetermined association based on one or more criterions largo.The criterion that is used to form list of friends can comprise for example position, age, sex, hobby, demography, tissue/subordinate relation (for example, club, sports team etc.), colleague, family relationship, personal relationship, pet etc.

Term disclosed herein " search " can comprise inquiry is submitted to process in the search database.Add token can for described inquiry.Can key in manually, by word of mouth and/or pass through other device and start described inquiry.

" search database " disclosed herein can comprise and be configured to store the database of information that can be used for differentiating search inquiry.Described database can contain static data (for example, web information) and/or dynamic data (for example, position, weather, mood etc.).

" friend's search engine (FSE) " disclosed herein can comprise search engine, described search engine be configured to use the information that derives from list of friends make Search Results deflection (or by refinement) is arranged, with its filtration and/or rating, have more target/so that provide through the information of refinement, the further graphic extension of example as described below to the user.

" friend's database (FDB) " disclosed herein can comprise the database of the list of friends that is associated with different user of storage, and it can be configured to become the part of friend's search engine and/or in conjunction with the work of friend's search engine.Friend's database can be based on the information generation that is provided by ISP, communication network or the like and/or based on described information.Friend's database can reside in the medium (for example, server), and also can be cached on the user's set (for example, client/personal computer, access terminal etc.).

In aspect described, the user can further be provided to input in friend's database, or can provide the feedback that is associated with Search Results to friend's database.Can use described information to help/make deflection is arranged by the search in the user who is associated with described friend's database initial future.

Disclosed herein accessing terminal (AT) can refer to various types of devices, and it includes, but is not limited to wireless telephone, cellular phone, laptop computer, multi-media radio device, radio communication personal computer (PC) card, PDA(Personal Digital Assistant), outside or internal modems etc.Accessing terminal can be by wireless channel and/or any data set by wire message way (for example, by optical fiber or concentric cable) communication.Accessing terminal to have various titles, for example access unit, access node, subscriber unit, transfer table, mobile device, mobile unit, mobile phone, distant station, remote terminal, remote unit, user's set, subscriber equipment, handheld apparatus etc.Different accessing terminal can be incorporated in the system.It can be that move or fixing accessing terminal, and can be scattered in the communication system.Access terminal and upward to communicate by letter at forward link (FL) and/or reverse link (RL) at given time with access network (AN).

With reference to Fig. 1, the search system 100 that has friend to be partial to (for example comprises one or more nodes, in one or more sectors one or more access terminal 102), it can the wired or wireless communication signal such as receive, transmits, repeat each other and/or to one or more other nodes (for example, other mobile device and/or fixed network device).System 100 is in response to promoting to be described customization Search Results by the initial inquiry of given user.More particularly, system 100 makes it possible to make Search Results corresponding to the inquiry of being submitted to by 102 the user of accessing terminal that deflection be arranged or in addition to its correct based on the data that are associated with one or more friends of user.For instance, except that receiving the broad search result (each user who wherein presents respective queries receives roughly the same Search Results) in response to inquiry, system 100 allows the suggestion through one or more friends of identification, action according to the user or its, and both come to be each customization Search Results.Because the user discerns one or more friends usually or has and being connected of one or more friends, therefore described aspect expands to corresponding to friend's data this identification and/or connection with modification Search Results when attempting increasing Search Results and user's correlativity.Therefore, opposite with indiscriminate Search Results, system 100 allows to be the described user's finishing and/or the Search Results that individualizes based on one or more suggestion and/or actions through the identification friend of given user, the result who perception is arranged and have clairvoyance through personalized is provided thus, and described the possibility of result is properer to given user than broad search result.

Access terminal and 102 be used for importing the inquiry that the user need answer by handling 102 the user of accessing terminal.System 100 comprises can operate to receive the search initiator assembly 104 of inquiry.One optional aspect in, search initiator assembly 104 can further obtain to strengthen data to add inquiry to.For instance, strengthen data for example can include but not limited to corresponding to data, the user profile data of 102 the location dependent data of accessing terminal, the configuration data that accesses terminal, with the 102 relevant any data that access terminal, with the user-dependent any data that access terminal, with and any data or its arbitrary combination of the environmental correclation that is associated of accessing terminal.System 100 can allow add to strengthen data providing context to inquiry, and further allows for the relative users customization of search results.

Randomly, system 100 can comprise deflection recognizer component 108, and it can operate the specific deflection of using for inquiry to discern, and maybe will be partial to data and be input in the system 100.For instance, deflection recognizer component 108 can receive the friend that will use or the identification of list of friends or group from the user during carrying out search, the Search Results of deflection is arranged with generation.In another example, deflection recognizer component 108 can receive the input that includes but not limited to user preference, affairs, feedback or suggestion or its combination, thus for be input in the database at the user or at another user (its with described User Recognition for friend be identified as group or list of friends in a part) Search Results is had in the deflection use.

Subsequently, search initiator assembly 104 can arrive search engine module 108 for processing with inquiring about and randomly strengthening data forwarding.For instance, search engine module 108 can be operated searching for one or more computer systems (for example, WWW) producing information associated with the query, and randomly further considers the enhancing data.The information of being gathered can be called Search Results.For instance, described Search Results includes but not limited to data and to the interaction link in the source of the intrasystem data of corresponding computer.

In case obtained Search Results, system 100 comprises can operate with according to the deflection data modification that comes freely be partial to one or more friends that recognizer component 106 discerns or group or make Search Results that one or more assemblies of deflection be arranged.For instance, one or more friends, group or the list of friends that has corresponding deflection data separately can be stored in friend and be partial in the assembly 110.Friend is partial to assembly 110 can comprise that being used for maintenance is partial to memory of data, storage unit or its arbitrary combination.As mentioned above, the deflection data can comprise any data that are associated with corresponding friend, and it can be used to reformulate or filter search results.For instance, the deflection data for example can include but not limited in response to the suggestion of election issues data, from for example by the transactional data of office's collection of buying that friend does, comprise the friend's profile data and the location dependent data of demography and/or psychography data.In one aspect, deflection manager component 112 can be operated to be partial to friend and be set up one or more groups or the list of friends that is used for the user on the assembly 110, comprises one or more friends' identification and described friend's correspondence deflection data.For instance, in the data aggregation pattern, deflection manager component 112 can be operated gathering the deflection data from building on each friend that friend is partial to the assembly 110, and management is used for a plurality of users' of system 100 each list of friends.Though be illustrated as stand-alone assembly in it should be noted that aspect described, deflection manager component 112 can be used as the part that friend is partial to assembly 110 and is included.

In the deflection application model, system 100 can operate with consider according to one or more pre-defined algorithms, routine or logic corresponding to by deflection recognizer component 106 through the friend or the list of friends of identification or comprise the deflection data of a plurality of friends' group, the Search Results that has friend to be partial to generation.Randomly, in the deflection application model, system 100 can further consider that the combination that strengthens data and deflection data is to define the Search Results of friend's deflection.In one aspect, search engine module 108 can be operated to gather the Search Results that corresponding deflection data and generation have deflection.In another aspect, friend is partial to assembly 110 can be operated deflection with generation Search Results.In aspect another, deflection manager component 112 can be operated the Search Results that deflection is arranged with generation.

Under any circumstance, obtain the Search Results that deflection is arranged on 102 accessing terminal in response to user's inquiry.Search Results examination assembly 114 can be operated the Search Results that deflection is arranged with reception or access, and exports the Search Results that deflection is arranged that is used to present to the user.In addition, for example, (for example cover information at the Search Results that deflection is arranged, under the situation of one or more links webpage on the WWW), Search Results examination assembly 114 further can be operated to receive the user and import, thereby further gathers required information with search engine module 108 interactions with selected the linking of basis.In another aspect, Search Results examination assembly 114 other and search initiator assembly 104, deflection recognizer component 106 or its combined interactions, to reformulate inquiry based on the Search Results that deflection is arranged or to import new inquiry or change indicated friend's deflection, to submit to search engine module 108.

Therefore, in response to search engine inquiry, the Search Results that system 100 allows acquisition to have friend to be partial to, the Search Results that the described friend of having is partial to is compared with the generic search results that other search engine returns may have higher proper degree to the user.

It should be noted that one or more in the described assembly of Fig. 1 may be implemented in accesses terminal on 102, or forms and 102 another device of communicating by letter, for example network equipments that access terminal.In addition, the assembly of Fig. 1 can be implemented in hardware, software or its combination individually or with arbitrary array configuration.

With reference to Fig. 2, there is friend to be partial to access terminal an aspect of 200 to comprise the mobile communications device that on wireless communication system, to operate.As understanding, there are various wireless communication systems, it adopts different spectral bandwidths and/or different air interface technologies usually.Example system comprises CDMA (CDMA), and (CDMA 2000, the data (EV DO) of evolution-only, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) (WCDMA)), frequency division multiple access (OFDM), or OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) (OFDMA) (quickflashing-OFDM, 802.20, World Interoperability for Microwave Access, WiMax (WiMAX)), use frequency division multiple access (FDMA)/time division multiple access (TDMA) (TDMA) (global system for mobile communications (GSM)) system of Frequency Division Duplexing (FDD) (FDD) or time division duplex (TDD) special permission frequency spectrum, usually use equity (for example, moving) the ad hoc network system of azygous Non-Patent frequency spectrum to moving, and 802.xx WLAN (wireless local area network) (LAN) or bluetooth (BLUETOOTH) technology.

Accessing terminal 200 comprises processor module 202, and it is used for implementing the one or more processing capacities that are associated with assembly as herein described and function.Processor module 202 can comprise single group or organize processor or multi-core processor more.In addition, processing components 210 can be embodied as integrated form disposal system and/or distributed processing system(DPS).

Accessing terminal 200 further comprises storer 204, for example is used to store the application program of the local version that will be carried out by processor module 202.Storer 204 can comprise random-access memory (ram), ROM (read-only memory) (ROM) or its combination.

In addition, accessing terminal 200 comprises communications component 206, and it provides sets up and keep and the communicating by letter of one or more litiganies that utilize hardware as herein described, software and service.Communications component 206 can implement to access terminal between the assembly on 200 and access terminal 200 with external device (ED) (for example, crossing over the device of communication network setting and/or series connection or local 200 the device of accessing terminal that is connected to) between communication.For example, but be not limited thereto, communications component 206 can be operated to be partial to assembly 110 with friend and/or to be partial between the manager component 112 and to examine between assembly 114 and the search engine module 108 at Search Results between search initiator assembly 104 and search engine module 108, at deflection recognizer component 106 interface is provided.

In addition, accessing terminal 200 can further comprise data storaging unit 206, and it can provide the hardware of high capacity storage of the information, database and the program that adopt in conjunction with aspect described herein and/or any suitable combination of software.

Accessing terminal 200 can comprise user's interface unit 210 in addition, and it can be operated receiving the input from 200 the user of accessing terminal, and produces the output that is used to present to the user.User's interface unit 210 can comprise one or more input medias, and it includes but not limited to keyboard, numeric keypad, mouse, touches quick formula display, navigation key, function key, microphone, speech identification assembly, can receive any other mechanism or its any combination from user's input.In addition, user's interface unit 210 can comprise one or more output units, and it includes but not limited to display, loudspeaker, haptic feedback mechanism, printer, any other mechanism that output can be presented to the user or its any combination.

In addition, aspect illustrated in, accessing terminal 200 can comprise search initiator assembly 104, deflection recognizer component 106 and Search Results examination assembly 114, as above discusses.In aspect being described, search engine module 108, friend are partial to assembly 110 and deflection manager component 112 and can be positioned on one or more other device, for example are positioned on one or the webserver.Yet, should note, all or certain part that search engine module 108, friend are partial to assembly 110 and one or any combination of deflection in the manager component 112 can this locality be positioned at and accesses terminal on 200, for example to help 200 producing the Search Results that deflection is arranged during not with communication accessing terminal.

One optional aspect in, accessing terminal 200 can comprise in addition and strengthen data package 212, it can be operated to gather or to produce or management (or its any combination) can be submitted to the enhancing data of the inquiry of search engine module 108 in order to replenish user.For instance, strengthen data for example can include but not limited to corresponding to data, the user profile data of the location dependent data that accesses terminal, the hardware configuration data that accesses terminal, the software configuration data that accesses terminal, the firmware configuration that accesses terminal data, with relevant any other data that access terminal, with user-dependent any other data that access terminal, with and any other data or its any combination of the environmental correclation that is associated of accessing terminal.Described data can from operate on accessing terminal assembly (for example, the subsystem that is associated with processor module 202) or by processor module 202 carry out or with 200 other assemblies of communicate by letter or the application program acquisition that accesses terminal.For instance, strengthen data package 212 can comprise from the position/location system (comprise geographical interdependent positioning system, for example GPS, based on the positioning system of communication network or both a certain combinations) data.In addition, strengthen data package 212 and can comprise subscriber profile information, described subscriber profile information comprise can based on election issues or based on monitor about utilization access terminal the assembly on 200 User Activity or based on supervision access terminal 200 and external device (ED) between the user's that gathers of interaction consensus data or psychography data or its a certain combination.In addition, thus strengthening data package 212 can operate to be situated between with search initiator assembly 104 and connect to come supplemental queries to provide context for described inquiry with corresponding enhancing data.In addition, enhancing data package 212 can further can be operated and connect to promote as herein described functional with any other assembly Jie with system 100.

In addition, access terminal 200 can via processor module 202 carry out search initiator assemblies 104, deflection recognizer component 106, Search Results examination assembly 114 and strengthen in the data package 212 any one, in the data and the one or both of information stores in storer 204 and data storaging unit 208 with correspondence, via communications component 206 local or outsidely transmit corresponding message and data and receive corresponding input and produce corresponding output via user interface 210.

With reference to Fig. 3, some assemblies in the assembly of system 100 are implemented in the aspect at another device place except that 102 (Fig. 1) that access terminal therein, and network equipment 300 can be operated to be situated between with access terminal 102 (Fig. 1) or 200 (Fig. 2) and connect the search that has friend to be partial to execution.Network equipment 300 comprises the based on network communicator of arbitrary type, for example webserver that can operate on communication system.Communication system can be wired or wireless communication system, and is connected to 102 wireless communication systems of operating that access terminal thereon.

Network equipment 300 comprises processor module 302, and it is used for implementing the one or more processing capacities that are associated with assembly as herein described and function.Processor module 302 can comprise single group or organize processor or multi-core processor more.In addition, processor module 302 can be embodied as integrated form disposal system and/or distributed processing system(DPS).

Network equipment 300 further comprises storer 304, for example is used to store the application program of the local version of being carried out by processor module 302.Storer 304 can comprise random-access memory (ram), ROM (read-only memory) (ROM) or its combination.

In addition, network equipment 300 comprises communications component 306, and it provides sets up and keep and the communicating by letter of one or more litiganies that utilize hardware as herein described, software and service.Communications component 306 can implement between the assembly on the network equipment 300 and network equipment 300 and external device (ED) (for example, access terminal 200 and comprise device and/or series connection or the local device that is connected to network equipment 300 of crossing over the communication network setting) between communication.Such as but not limited to this, communications component 306 can be operated to provide interface being partial between assembly 110 and/or deflection manager component 112 and the deflection recognizer component 106 and examining between the assembly 114 at search engine module 108 and Search Results between search engine module 108 and the search initiator assembly 104, friend.

In addition, network equipment 300 can further comprise data storaging unit 306, the hardware that its high capacity that can provide the information, database and the program that adopt in conjunction with aspect described herein is stored and/or any suitable combination of software.

Network equipment 300 can comprise user's interface unit 310 in addition, and it can be operated with the input of reception from the user of network equipment 300, and produces the output that is used to present to the user.User's interface unit 310 can comprise one or more input medias, and it includes but not limited to keyboard, numeric keypad, mouse, touches quick formula display, navigation key, function key, microphone, speech identification assembly, can receive any other mechanism or its any combination from user's input.In addition, user's interface unit 310 can comprise one or more output units, and it includes but not limited to display, loudspeaker, haptic feedback mechanism, printer, any other mechanism that output can be presented to the user or its any combination.

In addition, aspect illustrated in, network equipment 300 can comprise search engine module 108, friend be partial to assembly 110 and the deflection manager component 112, as above discuss.In aspect being described, search initiator assembly 104, deflection recognizer component 106 and Search Results examination assembly 114 can be positioned on one or more other device, for example are positioned on one or more 200 (Fig. 2) that access terminal.Yet, should note, all or certain part that search engine module 108, friend are partial to assembly 110 and one or any combination of deflection in the manager component 112 can be positioned on the network equipment 300 this locality, for example to help 200 producing the Search Results that deflection is arranged during not with communication accessing terminal.

In aspect some are optional, network equipment 300 can comprise enhancing data package 212 in addition, as above detailed description.In aspect these are optional, enhancing data package 212 can be operated can be in order to replenish the enhancing data of being submitted to the inquiry of search engine module 108 by the user to gather or to produce or to manage (or its any combination).For example, because limited storer or processing resource strengthen data package 212 and can reside on the network equipment 300, the accessing terminal of resource constraint that be subjected to of described network equipment 300 possibility ratios such as wireless device has more available resources.

In addition, network equipment 300 via processor module 302 carry out search engine modules 108, friend be partial to assembly 110, deflection manager component 112 and strengthen in the data package 212 any one, in the data and the one or both of information stores in storer 304 and data storaging unit 308 with correspondence, via communications component 306 local or outsidely transmit corresponding message and data and receive corresponding input and produce corresponding output via user interface 310.

With reference to Fig. 4, in one aspect in, randomly, the method 400 that obtains Search Results comprises that the identification that receives and transmit one or more friends is to use (square 402) in that Search Results is had in the deflection.For instance, described method can comprise some other characteristics (it will be used to revise the Search Results that is obtained by described user) that receive one or more participants of name or code (its identification one or two people, the one or two people of group, list of friends) or definition user needs from the user.For example, the friend through discerning can comprise the selection from the friend or the friend of group of list of friends.In addition, for example, the friend through discerning can comprise the definition of the range of age, position, interest or definable friend's any other characteristic or property combination.Therefore, it should be noted that a friend may need not be the described friend of identification the user understood.Further comprise in this action be identification with described friend or friend group be forwarded to be responsible in the system or with based on the corresponding assembly that is associated corresponding to deflection data modification search data through the friend of identification or group.

Described method further comprises the data query (square 404) of reception from the user.For instance, the user can be input to search inquiry in the application program or service that runs on the device, and described device can be operated to carry out search engine functionality or to connect with search engine Jie.A part that receives data query can comprise the search engine that will use identification and/or will be at the identification of the computer system of described query search.

In aspect optional, described method can further comprise adds the enhancing data to inquiry.For instance, can strengthen the predetermined set that data or described method can have permission interpolation enhancing data according to user's indication interpolation.For example, described method can comprise and receiving and given product or the relevant inquiry of service, and described method can comprise and adds the geographic position of installing to inquiry to provide context to inquiry.In addition, for instance, described method comprises the enhancing data of adding other type, for example, with the relevant data of device, with the user-dependent data and the combination thereof of installing.

Described method further comprises transmission inquery, and randomly, transmits any additional enhancing data for using (square 408) in the search of carrying out information associated with the query on one or more computer systems.For instance, described method can comprise query transmission to one or more search engines, its each can operate to gather data associated with the query from one or more computer systems.This search engine can reside on the device that receives inquiry, perhaps resides on the external device (ED) of the server of for example crossing over communication.In addition, when receiving inquiry, search engine can comprise or can be partial to data communication with friend, for using in the Search Results that has friend to be partial to generation at the modification Search Results.The corresponding friend who is utilized be partial to data corresponding to through the data (square 402) that are associated of identification friend.

Described method comprises the Search Results (square 410) that has friend to be partial in response to the inquiry reception in addition.As mentioned above, at an example intelligence light, this action comprises the Search Results that has friend to be partial to from another device (for example, the webserver) reception of crossing over communication network.In another example, can on the query transmission device, receive the Search Results that does not have deflection, and but another assembly access on the described device is partial to the presence database or the remote data base (square 402) of data corresponding to the friend through the identification friend, and can further produce the Search Results that friend is partial to.For instance, the described friend of the having Search Results of being partial to comprises based on through the modification to the Search Results that not have to be partial to of identification friend's deflection data.For instance, can according in pre-defined algorithm, routine, heuristic neural network or the decision-making mechanism any other or its make up and carry out described modification.In addition, described modification can relate to is partial to data according to friend and comprises, does not comprise, writes down raw information in (or its combination) Search Results, produces the Search Results that has friend to be partial to whereby.In addition, it should be noted that and the Search Results that has friend to be partial to can be stored in storer or the data storaging unit.

In addition, described method comprises the Search Results (square 412) that has friend to be partial to that output is used to present to the user.For instance, described method can comprise can be shown or be printed the Search Results of deflection by the mode that the user watches.Equally, described method can comprise in the mode of can listening and reads aloud the Search Results of deflection or can be carried any other method of the Search Results of deflection by the mode that the user understands.In addition, for instance, can further comprising in this respect of described method to allow the user to gather or to allow the interaction mode output Search Results of the either side of user's modification original query with further refinement inquiry corresponding to one the extraneous information (for example, clicking the link of webpage) in the Search Results that deflection is arranged.

In aspect optional, described method can further comprise from the user collect about inquiry or about the feedback of deflection data for the operation of system, using.In particular, described method can comprise and receives and present to the request (square 414) of user to feedback or deflection data.As described, described feedback can be based on the action that the user taked after the Search Results of deflection is arranged in reception.For instance, if the user purchases goods or service based on the Search Results decision that deflection is arranged, system can point out the user to provide and goods of being purchased or the relevant feedback of service so.In another aspect, thus this request can relate to the inquiry of collection when use helping to be identified as friend at the user in system of the deflection data of relative users produces the Search Results that deflection is arranged.Therefore, this request can be in order to the election issues of setting up consumers' opinions, can be by user's action (for example, relevant with business etc.) triggering.

In addition, this optional aspect comprises in response to request reception feedback data or deflection data (square 416).For instance, described data can be that the user keys on one's own initiative, maybe can be that the assembly of user's device is followed the trail of passively.

In addition, this optional aspect comprises that further transmission feedback data or deflection data are for use (square 418) in the Search Results system of friend's deflection.For instance, described method can comprise feedback data or deflection data transmission to another computer installation (for example, the webserver) of spanning network or be transferred to can operate with management and make activity that the local component of deflection be arranged.

Therefore, said method allows the Search Results that use friend identification has friend to be partial to acquisition in revising Search Results, and allows to collect feedback data or be partial to data for using in described method.

With reference to Fig. 5, in one aspect in, provide the method 500 of Search Results to comprise the search inquiry (square 502) of reception from the user.For instance, described inquiry can comprise problem or the relevant data of subject under discussion that need find to be used for its information with the user.In aspect some are optional, the reception of described inquiry can comprise further that reception provides contextual enhancing data to inquiry, for example, and the data relevant with user or user's set.The current characteristic that described enhancing data can help search refinement to be associated with user or user's set with coupling.In addition, aspect some are optional in, described inquiry can further comprise can operate friend's information that the friend that will use with identification is partial to data in the result who determines inquiry.In addition, for instance, the reception of described inquiry can occur in the search engine place or occur in the interface of search engine, and wherein search engine can be operated to act on inquiry.

Described method further comprises in response to inquiry determines Search Results (square 504).For instance, determine Search Results comprise in the identification inquiry data with and one or more computer systems in the data that are associated of information between coupling.For example, the web search engine can determine to comprise the Search Results that links of the data that are associated with webpage on the WWW and the described webpage on the WWW.

In addition, described method comprises the friend's (square 506) who determines corresponding to the user of inquiry or submission inquiry.For instance, as mentioned above, described inquiry can comprise that indicating predetermined friend's identifier is for using in revising Search Results.For example, described system can comprise list of friends, and the described identification of determining to comprise from the friend or the friend of group of list of friends.In others, for instance, described definite friend can set based on recognition system, and described default is discerned the friend of given user or device.Others comprise that the definition friend's who receives from the user independent communication is for using during determining Query Result again.

Described method further comprises according to the deflection data through the identification friend makes Search Results that deflection (square 508) be arranged.For instance, describedly deflection is comprised according to friend be partial to information in the data modification Search Results to comprise, not comprise or comprise and do not comprise the several portions of described information.For example, the described information that comprises can relate to the Search Results that generation has deflection, and described have the Search Results of deflection to have with the deflection Data Matching, corresponding to deflection data or the some items relevant with the deflection data.For example, pre-defined algorithm, heuristic neural network, artificial intelligence or its any combination can be in order to carrying out coupling and organize results, and this can comprise some in the record searching result or can only relate to match information is included.On the other hand, for example, the described information that do not comprise can be operated removing coupling/correspondence/relevant information from Search Results, or match information is moved to the priority lower than non-match information, and the Search Results of deflection is arranged with generation.

Described method can further comprise the Search Results (square 510) that has friend to be partial to that transmission is used to present to the user.For instance, described transmission can comprise that crossing over communication network will have the Search Results of deflection to be forwarded to the user's of initial inquiry device.In another example, described transmission can relate to and is forwarded to and can operates to preserve and/or output has another device assembly of the Search Results of deflection be positioned at deflection Search Results on the single assembly in this locality.

In aspect extra choosing wantonly, described method can further comprise collects feedback or be partial to data for using in system.Therefore, described method can comprise randomly that transmission feedback or deflection request of data are with prompting user or user's set supply feedback or deflection data (square 512).For instance, described feedback request can be based on the Search Results that deflection is arranged of inquiry.In another example, the part of the described deflection request of data management that can be system is stocked relevant deflection data to give the deflection assembly.

In addition, the optional aspect of this of described method can comprise in addition in response to request reception feedback data or deflection data (square 514).In one aspect, described feedback or deflection data can and receive from the Local or Remote user's set by user's input.In another aspect, described feedback or deflection data can be collected from user's set passively.

In addition, the optional aspect of this of described method further comprises with the friend in the feedback that received or the deflection data update system and is partial to data (square 516).For instance, upgrading friend is partial to data and can comprises and add data to can operate with the relation of the relative users that keeps described data and supply data storer, data storaging unit or other database.Described data can then be used to produce in above-described mode the Search Results of deflection.

Fig. 6 graphic extension uses list of friends to make search that the embodiment (for example, using the preference of indicating the user from the information of list of friends derivation) of deflection and search refinement be arranged.For instance, Mike's (Mike) by name user's 604 environment (ENV) 602 comprises the incident 603 of definition to the hope of dessert.For instance, Mike wants a cheesecake.Mike determines to use 606 FSE (one or any combination in search engine gateway 610, filter engine 612, information engine database 614 and the friend's database 616) that provide via operator's infrastructure 608 that access terminal by Mike, for instance, search for the best cheesecake restaurant in the described zone (for example, Mike live or just visiting city).Described FSE can be configured to help Mike for example based on Mike's friend's characteristic and/or preference and for example in conjunction with seeking best cheesecake restaurant when other parameter of Time of Day, weather, position etc.

As illustrated among Fig. 6, that incident/message definition is as follows:

603: the serious hope-Mike to dessert wants a cheesecake.

605: begin search-Mike search inquiry " best cheesecake " is input in Mike's access terminal (for example, the mobile phone).The described initial data call/request that accesses terminal to network (for example, Dui Ying AN608).

607: transmission medium-will inquire about from Mike's the transmission that accesses terminal (for example, over the air, OTA) and arrive operator's infrastructure.For instance, described transmission medium can comprise packet, and described packet comprises and inquiry and user-dependent information.

609: determine position-AT information is defined as FSE inquiry.Add ISP's information to strengthen inquiry.Also can add inquiry to customer location, when weather and other information in Time of Day, described zone.(for clear and succinct purpose, can be with the parameter position as relating to all the abbreviation that strengthens inquiry.)

611: tunnel request-request is forwarded to the search engine gateway.Described gateway can be responsible for discerning in the world the user.

613: beginning filtering type search-search engine gateway is connected to search engine to differentiate inquiry.

615: inquiry-filter engine (FE) can be configured to submit to the universal search inquiry and then help to filter (write down and/or remove) result.Standard queries (for example, " best cheesecake ") is sent to the information engine database.

617: the result of Query Result-inquiry (not filtering).

619: obtain friend's deflection-filter engine and can follow for example from friend's information of friend's database request about inquiry and position.This information can be called " friend's deflection " in this article.

621: return deflection data-friend's database response returns friend in request corresponding deflection data.

623: be correlated with-make inquiry and the relevant Query Result that returns with generation of deflection.The described relevant best cheesecake that friend was partial to that can be configured to provide Mike to Mike.

625: Search Results is turned back to Mike.

After the examination search-engine results, if Mike determines to visit the restaurant of suggestion, Mike notifies friend database together with Mike about the feedback of the cheesecake (and/or food) that the restaurant provided with Mike's decision-making so.The accessing terminal of Mike also can be configured to point out Mike to key in the feedback of Mike about cheesecake and/or the restaurant that is associated, then can be with in the described feedback store friend Yu database.In an application, can (for example send message to accessing terminal of Mike, Short Message Service (SMS)), with prompting Mike Mike is sent to corresponding AN about the feedback of the cheesecake (and/or food) at restaurant place, described corresponding A T can then be forwarded to information friend's database.In Another Application, Mike's activity (for example, the time and the frequency that are associated with visit cheesecake restaurant) can be by various types of near (for example detecting service, AT, RFID, GPS, AT, credit card transactions, camera and other supervision/follow-up mechanism) monitor, and further be stored in friend's database.Described feedback information can be helpful to Mike and Mike's friend in search in the future.

In one embodiment, illustrated search engine gateway, filter engine, information engine database and friend's database can be the element (or module) that is included in the single entity among Fig. 6.In another aspect, illustrated search engine gateway, filter engine, information engine database and friend's database can be to be configured and the individual component of the work that combines among Fig. 6.For instance, friend's database can be included in address book and/or the contacts list on the accessing terminal of user, and it can be forwarded to, and friend is partial to assembly and reference in addition when the user provides friend to discern.Also friend's database cache can be gone up (for example, under the situation that user and friend's database disconnect therein) in accessing terminal of user.How following graphic extension FSE can use the information that is provided by friend's database to improve/strengthen the example of Search Results:

1) Mike uses its inquiry that accesses terminal " best milk shake shop " to send among the FSE.

2) described FSE collects user profile (for example, Mike, position, weather, when Time of Day etc.) and search inquiry " best milk shake shop ".

3) friend (look into moral (Chad), Jeff (Jeff), letter (Jan) etc.) of described FSE contact friend database to determine Mike.

4) (for example, one group of deflection looking into moral, Jeff and letter and each friend turns back to FSE to friend's database with Mike's friend.

5) friend's database also turns back to FSE with Mike's deflection.

6) described FSE handles deflection and determines to look into the moral preference from the chocolate of " joey restaurant (Cubs Diner) " and Strawberry Milkshake and visited described restaurant 98 times.

7) described FSE processing deflection and definite Jeff's preference are from the Vanilla Shake of " gold is preserved the market of farm produce (Kimball FarmsMarket) ".

8) described FSE handles deflection and determines the Chocolate Milkshake of simple preference from " 88 local flavor ice cream shops (88Flavors IceCream Shop) ".

9) described FSE uses friend to be partial to the database of building possible outcome.

10) described FSE processing Mike's deflection and definite Mike dislike Chocolate Milkshake.

11) described FSE filters out the deflection of letter and one (chocolates) looked in the deflection of moral from the possible outcome tabulation.

12) described FSE service time and position determine that Mike can not arrive, and therefore will remove as " joey " restaurant of possible outcome before " joey restaurant " 7:08pm in afternoon closes the door.

13) described FSE turns back to " gold is preserved the market of farm produce " Mike and sets up buying vanilla bland.

14) " gold is preserved the market of farm produce " gone in Mike's decision.

15) Mike is at " gold is preserved the market of farm produce " buying Vanilla Shake.

16) inform that near detecting service (for example, AT, RFID, credit card transactions, camera etc.) FSE Mike visits " gold is preserved the market of farm produce ".

17) shop visited about Mike of described FSE (gold is preserved the market of farm produce) and shop type are upgraded friend's database.

18) after the buying bland sometime, described FSE gets in touch Mike and requires it described shop to be estimated and described selection is presented one's view.

19) Mike turns back to FSE with the milk shake of being liked; Subsequently, described FSE upgrades friend's database (therefore allowing Mike and friend thereof to use this information in search in the future).

20) Mike uses to access terminal and takes a picture and described photo is submitted to FSE to upgrade the deflection of the Mike in friend's database to shop and milk shake.Can provide described photo in the inquiry " gold preserve the market of farm produce " future returning as Search Results.

The example of pet (for example, dog) as friend's entity used in following graphic extension:

1. the Jeff wants the friend who finds out the Jeff is leading his dog to go to which dog park.

2. the Jeff is typed into FSE with inquiry and follows the trail of the result with the GPS of dog that its friend is provided.

3. the common inquiry in described FSE contrast dog park comes reference result.

4. described FSE returns and comprises that the Jeff has led the result in the dog park that his dog went.

Two workers that digital signal processor (DSP) is just being studied in Fig. 7 graphic extension (for example, Mike and Bob (Bob)) embodiment, wherein can wipe-out mode use list of friends to show identical result and therefore make search procedure more efficient for example avoiding.For instance, Mike 704 and Bob's 706 decisions use Internet search to help Mike and Bob's DSP research 702.Based on the result that will return from the search of two users identical (or similar) inquiry much at one.Yet, by using the eliminating function of FSE (one and any combination in search interface 708, search database 710, friend's database 712 and the affairs tracker data storehouse 714), two users can more not unnecessary effort watch Search Results, as further describing hereinafter.

As illustrated among Fig. 7, below be incident/message:

703: searching the best-require Mike to seek best DSP.

705: searching the best-require the Bob to seek best DSP.

707: search-Mike begins the search to best DSP.

709: inquiry-search interface is at " best DSP " query search database.

711: the Query Result-result is turned back to search interface.At this moment, search interface 708 can use friend's filtrator (Mike and Bob are friends) (referring to 739) to come the refinement result.

713: the Search Results-result is turned back to Mike.

715: select link-Mike to select first link of returning by FSE.Subsequently, described selection is sent to the affairs tracker data storehouse 714 that is configured to record the link use.

717: request msg-link traces device database request is from the link data of website A.

719: request msg is returned-website A return data.

721: the storage request is returned-information of link traces device database storing about asking (Mike, website A) and returning.

723: back link information-website A information is turned back to the user.

725: search (Bob)-Bob begins the search to " best DSP ".

727: inquiry-search interface is submitted to search database with inquiry.

729: Query Result-described Query Result in two websites, for example, website A and website B.

731: the friend who obtains friend's information-search interface inquiry Bob.

733: return friend's information-return Bob's friend, for example, Mike etc.

735: request friend history-in conjunction with search criteria request friend's link history.

737: return friend's history-return link history of friend in conjunction with search criteria.

739: the link that the filtration friend searched for-made friend is historical relevant with the initial query result, and this produces the Search Results of more refinement.For instance, removable identical link (for example, can from Bob's Search Results, remove website A716).

741: Search Results-Search Results is turned back to the Bob.

743: select link-Bob to select website B718 and will link traversal to be forwarded to link traces device database.

745: request msg-link traces device database request is from the link data of website B.

747: request msg is returned-website B return data.

749: the storage request is returned-information of link traces device database storing about asking (Bob, website B) and returning.

751: back link information-website B information is turned back to the user.

In one embodiment, can use label to come the mark search.For example, label can be taked the form of timestamp or handle.

In another aspect, can in search procedure, implement dynamic behaviour, for example, with the link that shows that friend had just visited.This permission is more easily upgraded the search information that (for example, roughly in real time) turns back to Mike friend (for example, Bob) when following link.

Can upgrade list of friends and friend's database (for example, described above) in every way.For instance, accessing terminal of user can point out the user to send to friend's database with the feedback that one or more Search Results (for example, above-described restaurant and dog park) is associated.The user can will send to friend's database through updated information (for example, the change of the place of visiting recently, position, hobby, preference etc.) of one's own accord.In certain embodiments, buying history and the combination search that can collect the user imported used as deflection.Also can utilize near service (for example, RFID, GPS, shop tracking, camera, AT and other supervision/follow-up mechanism) and work together with the movable of supervision/track user and in conjunction with friend's database.

Fig. 8 graphic extension is summarized in conjunction with Wide Area Network (WAN) community network and is used radio-frequency (RF) identification (RFID) to produce the information of praising list of friends, for example with the process flow diagram of the method 800 of creating customization of search results.

Can in search restaurant, movie theatre, shop, service station, park, club and other pastime/amusement/service location, use the example of Fig. 8.For instance, the user can have numbering/designator (square 802) that one or more other users on the list of friends with the user are associated.For example, when decision participated in the system, the information stores that will number about user's ID was in system.For instance, in these users one when visiting the restaurant, can pick up this incident (square 804) and its transmission be got back to the database of search engine from RFID label (for example, at credit card machine place).In addition, but key in precalculated position trigger data gatherer situation or data user's situation or its both.For instance, under the data collector situation, track user movable and being entered into after a while in the system for using in that activity is in the future had in the deflection, and under data user's situation can be based on the activity from friend's previous deflection data notification user.

Under the data collector situation of described method, described method comprises based on the action or the task of user's execution gathers the deflection data from the user.For instance, user's executing location particular task (incident 806), for example, buying goods or service.After finishing the work, described method comprises to the user asks experience customizing messages (incident 808), for example, and with goods of being purchased or relevant identification and the suggestion of service.Randomly, the place of arbitrary time after keying in participant position can be transferred to user's (incident 812) with the information (incident 810) about the position, and for instance, this triggers by the RFID token triggered of porch or from RFID credit card machine.In addition, described method relates to the data transmission of will be gathered and arrives friend's deflection system (incident 814), wherein is the deflection data (square 816) that are used for relative users with the data storage of being gathered.For example, when the user sends searching request to restaurant, new Asia (new Asian restaurant), can the result be weighted based on the access frequency of other user on user's the list of friends.

In addition, under data user's situation, for instance, described method comprises will be from one or more friends' deflection data notification user (incident 818) based on the data of being gathered under the data collector situation.In addition, then, described method comprises that the user can be partial to data based on the friend who is received and make decision-making (incident 820) about user's action.Randomly, place of arbitrary time after keying in participant position can be transferred to user's (incident 822) with the information (incident 810) about the position, for instance, when in described position, use for the user by the RFID token triggered of porch or from the triggering of RFID credit card machine.

Need not list of friends is restricted to the entity (for example, people) that the user of initial search knows.But list of friends position-based, age, sex, hobby, demography, tissue/subordinate relation etc.For example, list of friends can comprise the Illinois Chicago city 30 and 40 years old between all male sex.For example, the user can use this list of friends to search for the physical culture in Chicago city.

One or more aspects disclosed herein provide based on the target search result based on user's deflection.Must be appreciated that and to have others and embodiment.The various embodiment that disclose may be implemented in search engine, server, access terminal, in AN and other device.

Various units/modules disclosed herein may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware or its combination.In the hardware embodiment, various unit may be implemented in one or more special ICs (ASIC), digital signal processor (DSP), digital signal processing device (DSPD), field programmable gate array (FPGA), processor, microprocessor, controller, microcontroller, programmable logic device (PLD), other electronic unit or its any combination.In the software implementation scheme, can implement various unit by one or more modules (for example program, function or the like) of carrying out function described herein.Software code can be stored in the memory cell and by at least one processor (or processing unit) and carry out.Memory cell may be implemented in the processor or may be implemented in outside the processor, and under one situation of back, memory cell can be coupled to processor with communication mode via various devices known in this technology.

The person of ordinary skill in the field should be appreciated that, any that can use various different technologies and skill and technique comes expression information and signal.For instance, more than the data, instruction, order, information, signal, position, symbol that may mention in the whole text of explanation, reach chip and can represent by voltage, electric current, electromagnetic wave, magnetic field or magnetic particle, light field or light particle or its arbitrary combination.

The person of ordinary skill in the field should be further appreciated that and various illustrative components, blocks, module, circuit and the algorithm steps of describing in conjunction with aspect disclosed herein can be embodied as electronic hardware, computer software or the combination of the two.Be this interchangeability of graphic extension hardware and software clearly, above with regard to its functional describe, in general terms various Illustrative components, piece, module, circuit and step.The functional hardware that is embodied as still is that software depends on application-specific and the design constraint that puts on the total system.The person of ordinary skill in the field can implement described functional at each application-specific by different way, but this embodiment decision-making should not be interpreted as deviating from scope of the present invention.

Various illustrative components, blocks, module and the circuit of describing in conjunction with embodiment disclosed herein all can be by implementing with lower device or carrying out: general processor, digital signal processor (DSP), special IC (ASIC), field programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transilog, discrete hardware components or its design are in order to carry out any combination of function described herein.General processor can be microprocessor, but another is chosen as, and processor can be arbitrary conventional processors, controller, microcontroller or state machine.Processor also can be embodied as the combination of calculation element, and for example, DSP combines with the DSP core with combination, one or more microprocessors of the combination of microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, or any other this type of configuration.In addition, at least one processor can comprise can operate with carry out above-described step and/or the action in one or more one or more modules.

The method of describing in conjunction with aspect disclosed herein or the step or the action of algorithm can be directly contained in the hardware, be contained in the software module of being carried out by processor or be contained in both combinations.In addition, in certain aspects, the step of method or algorithm and/or action can be used as one or any combination or the collection and residing on the machine-readable medium and/or computer-readable media that can be incorporated in the computer program in code and/or the instruction.Software module can reside in random-access memory (ram), flash memory, ROM (read-only memory) (ROM), electrically programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasable ROM (EEPROM) but, in register, hard disc removable disk, CD-ROM or this technology in the medium of known any other form.Exemplary storage medium is coupled to processor and makes that described processor can be from read information, and writes information to medium.Another is chosen as, and it is whole that medium can become with processor.Processor and medium can reside among the ASIC, during ASIC can reside at and access terminal.Another is chosen as, and processor and medium can be used as discrete component and reside at and access terminal.

The person of ordinary skill in the field provide above-mentioned explanation to announcement embodiment so that all can make or use aspect of the present invention.The person of ordinary skill in the field will be easy to understand the various modifications of these embodiment, and general principle defined herein also can be applied to other embodiment under the situation that does not deviate from the spirit or scope of the present invention.Therefore, aspect of the present invention is not to plan to be confined to embodiment shown in this article, but will give itself and principle disclosed herein and novel feature corresponding to broad range.

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1, a kind of method that Search Results is provided, it comprises:

Reception is by the initial inquiry of user;

Carry out search based on described inquiry;

Determine that the friend who is associated with described user is partial to;

Make Search Results that deflection be arranged based on described friend's deflection; And

Store the described Search Results that deflection is arranged.

2, the method for claim 1, it further comprises has the Search Results of deflection to be forwarded to described user with described.

3, method as claimed in claim 2, it further comprises and receives the user feedback that is associated with the described Search Results that deflection arranged, and based on described user feedback renewal friend database.

4, the method for claim 1 is wherein saidly determined to comprise from friend's database the retrieval friend and is partial to data.

5, method as claimed in claim 4, wherein said retrieval further comprise based on be stored in described user's associated access terminal in contacts list retrieve.

6, the method for claim 1, it further comprises in the following operation at least one: be partial to based on described friend and filter described Search Results, be partial to the grade of evaluating described Search Results based on described friend, or be partial to the grade of filtering described Search Results and evaluating described Search Results based on described friend.

7, the method for claim 1, it further comprises and receives and described user or the information that is associated by at least one the activity among the friend of described User Recognition, and comprises friend's database that described friend is partial to based on the information updating of described reception.

8, the method for claim 1, it further comprises the enhancing data of acquisition corresponding to described inquiry, and the described search of wherein said execution or describedly make described Search Results in the deflection at least one be arranged further based on described enhancing data.

9, the method for claim 1, the wherein said deflection that makes further comprises in the following operation at least one: comprise or do not comprise the information in the described Search Results based on described friend's deflection.

10, method as claimed in claim 9, wherein said do not comprise further comprising remove the part that previous in the described Search Results once offered the predesignated subscriber that the described user with initial described inquiry cooperates.

11, a kind of computer program that is configured to provide Search Results, it comprises:

Computer-readable media, it comprises:

Be used to cause computing machine reception at least one instruction by the initial inquiry of user;

Be used to cause described computer based to carry out at least one instruction of search in described inquiry;

Be used to cause at least one instruction of the definite friend's deflection that is associated with described user of described computing machine;

Be used to cause described computer based to make Search Results that at least one instruction of deflection be arranged in described friend's deflection; And

Be used to cause described at least one instruction that the Search Results of deflection is arranged of described Computer Storage.

12, at least a processor that is configured to provide Search Results, it comprises:

First module, it is used to receive the initial inquiry by the user;

Second module, it is used for carrying out search based on described inquiry;

Three module, it is used for determining that the friend who is associated with described user is partial to;

Four module, it is used for making Search Results that deflection be arranged based on described friend's deflection; And

The 5th module, it is used to store the described Search Results that deflection is arranged.

13, a kind of equipment that is used to provide Search Results, it comprises:

Receiving trap, it is used to receive the initial inquiry by the user;

Actuating unit, it is used for carrying out search based on described inquiry;

Determine device, it is used for determining that the friend who is associated with described user is partial to;

Deviator, it is used for making described Search Results that deflection be arranged based on described friend's deflection; And

Memory storage, it is used to store the described Search Results that deflection is arranged.

14, a kind of equipment that is used to provide Search Results, it comprises:

Communications component, it can be operated to receive by the initial inquiry of user;

Search engine module, it can be operated to carry out search based on described inquiry and to produce Search Results;

Friend is partial to assembly, it comprises the friend who is associated with described user and is partial to data, and wherein said search engine module or described friend are partial to assembly and further can operate to produce and make described Search Results that the Search Results that deflection is arranged of deflection be arranged corresponding to be partial to data based on described friend; And

Memory module, it can be operated to store the described Search Results that deflection is arranged.

15, equipment as claimed in claim 14, wherein said communications component further can be operated to have the Search Results of deflection to be forwarded to described user with described.

16, equipment as claimed in claim 15, wherein said search engine module or described friend are partial to assembly further can operate the user feedback that is associated with the described Search Results that deflection arranged to receive, and further can operate to upgrade described friend based on described user feedback and be partial to.

17, equipment as claimed in claim 14, wherein said friend is partial to assembly and further comprises and can operate to store friend's database that described friend is partial to data.

18, equipment as claimed in claim 17, wherein said friend is partial to data and is associated with the contacts list that is stored in in described user's associated access terminal.

19, equipment as claimed in claim 14, wherein said search engine module or described friend are partial to assembly and further can operate to carry out in the following operation at least one: be partial to based on described friend and filter described Search Results, be partial to the grade of evaluating described Search Results based on described friend, or be partial to the grade of filtering described Search Results and evaluating described Search Results based on described friend.

20, equipment as claimed in claim 14, wherein said search engine module or described friend are partial to assembly and further can operate receiving and described user or the information that is associated by at least one the activity among the friend of described User Recognition, and are partial to based on the described friend of the information updating of described reception.

21, equipment as claimed in claim 14, wherein said inquiry further is associated with the enhancing data, and wherein said search engine module further can be operated carrying out described search based on described deflection data, or wherein said search engine module or described friend are partial to assembly and further can operate further to make described Search Results that deflection is arranged based on described enhancing data.

22, equipment as claimed in claim 14, wherein said search engine module or described friend are partial to assembly and further can operate to make described Search Results that deflection be arranged based in the following operation at least one: comprise or do not comprise the information in the described Search Results based on described friend's deflection.

23, equipment as claimed in claim 22, wherein said search engine module or described friend are partial to assembly and further can operate to remove the part that previous in the described Search Results once offered the predesignated subscriber that the described user with initial described inquiry cooperates.

24, a kind of method that is used to obtain Search Results, it comprises:

Reception is by the initial inquiry of user;

Transmit described inquiry to carry out search; And

Receive and store the Search Results of deflection in response to described inquiry, wherein said have the Search Results of deflection to be partial to data based on friend.

25, method as claimed in claim 24, it further comprises the friend identification of reception corresponding to described inquiry, and wherein said friend's identification can be operated to determine that described friend is partial to data.

26, method as claimed in claim 25, its further comprise with associated person information from be stored in described user's associated access terminal contacts list be forwarded to friend and be partial to assembly, wherein said contacts list comprises described friend's identification.

27, method as claimed in claim 24, it further comprises the described user of prompting and keys in the feedback that is associated with the described Search Results that deflection arranged, receive the user feedback that is associated with the described Search Results that deflection arranged, and transmit described user feedback with based on described user feedback renewal friend database.

28, method as claimed in claim 24, wherein receive the described Search Results that deflection arranged and further comprise in the following operation at least one: receive the Search Results that filters based on described friend's deflection, reception is partial to and the Search Results of rating based on described friend, or reception is filtered based on described friend's deflection and the Search Results of rating.

29, method as claimed in claim 24 wherein receives the described Search Results that deflection arranged and further comprises in the following operation at least one: receive according to described user or the Search Results of deflection is arranged by the information that at least one the activity among the friend of described User Recognition is associated.

30, method as claimed in claim 24, it further comprises the enhancing data of acquisition corresponding to described inquiry, and wherein receives the described Search Results that deflection arranged and further comprise reception further based on the Search Results of described enhancing data.

31, method as claimed in claim 24 wherein receives the described Search Results that deflection arranged and further comprises reception further based at least one the Search Results in the following operation: comprises or do not comprise information based on described friend's deflection.

32, method as claimed in claim 31 wherein receives further to comprise based on the described Search Results that deflection arranged that does not comprise information and receives the part that previous in the described Search Results once offered the predesignated subscriber that the described user with initial described inquiry cooperates.

33, a kind of computer program that is configured to obtain Search Results, it comprises:

Computer-readable media, it comprises:

Be used to cause computing machine reception at least one instruction by the initial inquiry of user;

Be used to cause described computing machine to transmit described inquiry to carry out at least one instruction of search; And

At least one instruction of the Search Results that is used to cause described computing machine to receive and store deflection in response to described inquiry, wherein said have the Search Results of deflection to be partial to data based on friend.

34, at least a processor that is configured to obtain Search Results, it comprises:

First module, it is used to receive the initial inquiry by the user;

Second module, it is used to transmit described inquiry to carry out search; And

Three module, it is used for receiving and storing in response to described inquiry the Search Results of deflection, and wherein said have the Search Results of deflection to be partial to data based on friend.

35, a kind of equipment that is used to obtain Search Results, it comprises:

Receiving trap, it is used to receive the initial inquiry by the user;

Retransmission unit, it is used to transmit described inquiry to carry out search; And

Receiving trap and memory storage, it is used for receiving and storing in response to described inquiry the Search Results of deflection, and wherein said have the Search Results of deflection to be partial to data based on friend.

36, a kind of equipment that is used to obtain Search Results, it comprises:

Search initiator assembly, it can be operated to receive by the initial inquiry of user;

Communications component, it can be operated to transmit described inquiry to carry out search; And

Search Results examination assembly, it can be operated to receive and to store the Search Results of deflection in response to described inquiry, and wherein said have the Search Results of deflection to be partial to data based on friend.

37, equipment as claimed in claim 36, wherein said search initiator assembly further can be operated to receive the friend's identification corresponding to described inquiry, and wherein said friend's identification can be operated to determine that described friend is partial to data.

38, equipment as claimed in claim 37, wherein said communications component further can be operated so that the contacts list of associated person information from be stored in described equipment is forwarded to friend and be partial to assembly, and wherein said contacts list comprises described friend's identification.

39, equipment as claimed in claim 36, it further comprises the deflection recognizer component, described deflection recognizer component can be operated to point out described user to key in the feedback that is associated with the described Search Results that deflection arranged, and receive the user feedback that is associated with the described Search Results that deflection arranged, and wherein said communications component further can be operated to transmit described user feedback with based on described user feedback renewal friend database.

40, equipment as claimed in claim 36, the wherein said Search Results that deflection arranged further comprise the Search Results that filters based on described friend's deflection, based on described friend be partial to the Search Results of rating or filter based on described friend's deflection and the Search Results of rating at least one.

41, equipment as claimed in claim 36 wherein receives the described Search Results that deflection arranged and further comprises in the following operation at least one: receive according to described user or the Search Results of deflection is arranged by the information that at least one the activity among the friend of described User Recognition is associated.

42, equipment as claimed in claim 36, wherein said search initiator assembly further can be operated obtaining the enhancing data corresponding to described inquiry, and the described Search Results that deflection arranged further comprises further the Search Results based on described enhancing data.

43, equipment as claimed in claim 36, the wherein said Search Results that deflection arranged further comprise further based at least one the Search Results in the following operation: comprise or do not comprise information based on described friend's deflection.

44, equipment as claimed in claim 43 does not wherein comprise further that based on the described Search Results that deflection arranged that does not comprise information previous in the described Search Results once offered the predesignated subscriber's that the described user with initial described inquiry cooperates a part.

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