Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ranking search results using social-networking information
- Patent Title (中): 使用社交网络信息排名搜索结果
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Application No.: US12975850Application Date: 2010-12-22
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Publication No.: US08924406B2Publication Date: 2014-12-30
- Inventor: Christopher Lunt , Nicholas Galbreath , Jeffrey Winner
- Applicant: Christopher Lunt , Nicholas Galbreath , Jeffrey Winner
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00 ; G06F17/30 ; G06Q30/02 ; H04L29/06 ; G06F17/22

Abstract:
Particular embodiments access a search query submitted by a first user; identify one or more sponsored web pages in response to the search query, wherein each sponsored web page is associated with a hyperlink; determine whether one or more of the sponsored web pages has been accessed by one or more second users, wherein the one or more second users are connected in a graph structure to the first user within a threshold degree of separation; and send a response comprising a hyperlink for at least one of the sponsored web pages in response to the search query, wherein the response further includes a visual tag or a reference to the visual tag for the hyperlink if the sponsored web page has been accessed by at least one of the one or more second users.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110093346A1 Ranking Seach Results Using Social-Networking Information Public/Granted day:2011-04-21
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