PRESENTING SEARCH RESULTS ORDERED USING USER PREFERENCES

Patent №

US 8,577,875

Granted

2013-11-05

Filed 2009

Owner

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

AI components

3

ml · nlp · evo

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

12408580

Systems and methods for presenting search results ordered, at least in part, based upon indicated user preferences are provided. User preferences for one potential search result over another that are free of position bias are obtained utilizing random relative order interchange of juxtaposed, ranked search results. Upon receipt of a search query, a determination is made to present at least a portion of search results satisfying the received query ordered based on user preferences, whether or not the order coincides with that determined using a ranking algorithm. In this way, presented search results are ordered, at least in part, according to user preferences, thus improving the relevance of the output relative to standard ranking algorithms alone.

AI classification

Natural language0.99
Evolutionary computation0.90
Machine learning0.60
Knowledge representation0.21
Planning0.05
AI hardware0.01
Vision0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

assignment · 224300760

Assignors

RAMSEY, WILLIAM D.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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