RELATIVE SEARCH RESULTS BASED OFF OF USER INTERACTION

摘要

A program product and method is disclosed that rely on user interaction in the ordering of search results returned by a search engine.(74) Each of a plurality of records in a database is associated with a user-interaction parameter that is associated with the duration of time that a user accesses a particular record of the search result. (92) Provided that the duration of time that the user accesse the record is greater than a predetermined relevant time period, the user-interaction parameter is weighted to increase the relevance of this record in relation to records that did were not accessed for the relevant time period used in ordering the records identified in a resul set generated in response to a search request. (Figure 3)