Patent №
US 7,630,972
Granted
2009-12-08
Filed 2007
Owner
YAHOO! INC.
Lab
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AI components
4
ml · nlp · kr · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11651102
Methods and apparatus for searching data and grouping search results into clusters that are ordered according to search relevance. Each cluster includes 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.
AI classification
Ownership
YAHOO! INC.
assignment · 189350697
Assignors
OTT, IV, EDWARD STANLEY, SAFT, KEITH DAVID, BOERRIES, MARCO, TENDJOUKIAN, MEHER, YIU, PAUL
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