Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for categorizing and presenting documents of a distributed database
- Patent Title (中): 用于分类和呈现分布式数据库文档的方法和装置
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Application No.: US11061974Application Date: 2005-02-17
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Publication No.: US08260786B2Publication Date: 2012-09-04
- Inventor: Dennis M. DeCoste , Gary W. Flake , Peter Savich
- Applicant: Dennis M. DeCoste , Gary W. Flake , Peter Savich
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
- Current Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
- Agent Nathan O. Greene
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00

Abstract:
A method for providing search results to a user is disclosed. The method includes receiving a first set of information associated with a plurality of web pages. A second set of information associated with a user preference, determining a commercial score for each web page is also received. A subset of the first set of information is determined based on the second set of information. A visual indicator for the subset of the first set of information is generated in accordance with a commercial score, and the subset and the visual indicator are displayed on a display.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050251496A1 Method and apparatus for categorizing and presenting documents of a distributed database Public/Granted day:2005-11-10
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