Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ranking search results based on current or past presences
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Application No.: US13910855Application Date: 2013-06-05
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Publication No.: US09659065B1Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: David Reis de Sousa
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
- Current Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30

Abstract:
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for ranking search results based on current and past presences of a user and a user's contacts from a social graph in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. A search query is received from a user and search results responsive to the search query are obtained from a search engine. Contacts from a user's social graph are obtained, and presence data for the user and the contacts is obtained. The relevancy scores of the search result entities are modified based on the current presence of a contact at an entity, the past presence of a contact at an entity, and the past presence of the user at an entity. The search results are ranked based on the modified relevancy scores and provided to the user.
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