NO20063490L - System og fremgangsmate for forbedring av en sokrangering ved bruk av artikkelinformasjon - Google Patents

System og fremgangsmate for forbedring av en sokrangering ved bruk av artikkelinformasjon

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NO20063490L
NO20063490L NO20063490A NO20063490A NO20063490L NO 20063490 L NO20063490 L NO 20063490L NO 20063490 A NO20063490 A NO 20063490A NO 20063490 A NO20063490 A NO 20063490A NO 20063490 L NO20063490 L NO 20063490L
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article information
relevant article
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Stephen Lawrence
Omar Kahn
Nikhil Bhatla
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    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
    • G06F16/90—Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
    • G06F16/95—Retrieval from the web
    • G06F16/951—Indexing; Web crawling techniques
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    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
    • G06F16/30—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor of unstructured textual data
    • G06F16/33—Querying
    • G06F16/3331—Query processing
    • G06F16/334—Query execution

Abstract

Systemer og fremgangsmåter som skal forbedre klientsidens søk blir beskrevet. I et aspekt beskrives et system og en fremgangsmåte for å motta en søkanmodning, å bestemme en relevant artikkel som er assosiert med søkanmodningen og å bestemme et rangeringsresultat for den relevante artikkelen på grunnlag av i det minste til dels atferdsdata på klientsiden som er assosiert med den relevante artikkelen.
NO20063490A 2003-12-31 2006-07-31 System og fremgangsmate for forbedring av en sokrangering ved bruk av artikkelinformasjon NO20063490L (no)

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