Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Search engine filter based on user IoT network
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Application No.: US15991283Application Date: 2018-05-29
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Publication No.: US10929488B2Publication Date: 2021-02-23
- Inventor: Robert H. Grant , Faisal Ghaffar , Mark Delaney , Ahmad Abdul Wakeel
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts, LLP
- Agent Nicholas L. Cadmus
- Main IPC: G06F16/00
- IPC: G06F16/00 ; G06F16/9535 ; H04W4/70 ; G06F16/2457 ; G06F16/9032 ; G06F16/33

Abstract:
A system and method for filtering search results to exclude technically incompatible devices with a user's existing IoT network includes analyzing the search query to determine an objective of a user, calculating a relevance score for each IoT device, profiling an existing IoT network associated with the user, determining a compatibility of each IoT device with the existing IoT network, combining the relevance score and an ease of incorporation score to determine a total score, and filtering the search results for the IoT devices according to the total score, such that an optimal device is displayed at a top of the search results from the search engine on a webpage among other IoT devices that are above a minimum ease of incorporation score and removing other IoT devices from the search results displayed on the webpage that are below the minimum ease of incorporation score.
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