Using Social Communities to Improve Search Results

摘要

An approach is provided for an information handling system to use social groups to improve search results. In the approach, a user interface is displayed that allows a user to specify a search criteria and one or more social groups. Data stores are then searched for the search criteria with the searching resulting in a set of search results. The search results are compared to previously tagged search results, with the previously tagged search results being results that were previously tagged by members of the specified social groups. Based on the comparing, set of search results is identified that match the previously tagged search results. The search results are displayed at the user interface with the identified set of one or more search results being visually highlighted, such as displayed first, at the user interface.

主权项

1. A method, in an information handling system comprising a processor and a memory, of using social groups to improve search results, the method comprising:
displaying a user interface that allows a user to specify a search criteria and one or more social groups; searching one or more data stores for the search criteria, the searching resulting in a plurality of search results; comparing the plurality of search results to a plurality of previously tagged search results, wherein the previously tagged search results were tagged by members of the one or more specified social groups; identifying, based on the comparing, a first set of one or more search results from the plurality of search results that match one or more of the previously tagged search results; and displaying the plurality of search results at the user interface, wherein the displaying visually highlights the identified set of one or more search results.