Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Clustered search processing
- Patent Title (中): 集群搜索处理
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Application No.: US12609865Application Date: 2009-10-30
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Publication No.: US08145637B2Publication Date: 2012-03-27
- Inventor: Edward Stanley Ott, IV , Keith David Saft , Marco Boerries , Meher Tendjoukian , Paul Yiu
- Applicant: Edward Stanley Ott, IV , Keith David Saft , Marco Boerries , Meher Tendjoukian , Paul Yiu
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Yahoo, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Yahoo, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00 ; G06F17/30

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for searching data and grouping search results into clusters that are ordered according to search relevance. Each cluster comprises one or more data type, such as images, web pages, local information, news, advertisements, and the like. In one embodiment, a search term is evaluated for related concepts indicating categories of data sources to search. Data sources may also be identified by context information such as a location of a client device, a currently running application, and the like. Search results in each cluster are ordered by relevance and each cluster is given a score based on an aggregate of the relevance within the cluster. Each cluster score may be modified based on one or more corresponding concepts and/or context information. The clusters are ordered based on the modified scores. Content, including advertisements, may also be added to the ordered list to appear as another cluster.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100082618A1 CLUSTERED SEARCH PROCESSING Public/Granted day:2010-04-01
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