Web browser accessible search engine that identifies search result maxima through user search flow and result content comparison

摘要

A search server searches web sites based upon a search string. Maxima categories are provided that sort search results based upon popularity and/or context similarity. A web browser displays the search result pages. A maxima determination module within the search server responds to the delivery of the initial search string by first categorizing search results applicability to the search string on the basis of maxima or by generating maxima categories with search results that correlated to the search string. Search results within each applicable maximum are then sorting on the basis of popularity within each of the maxima categories to effectuate popularity ranks for each search result or web page. User interaction with search results are monitored to better select search maxima and popularity ranks for subsequent search result requests for this search string, whereby the desirability of search results provided to the user improves over time.

主权项

1. A computing device comprising:
a communication interface; a memory; and a processing circuitry coupled to the communication interface and to the memory, the processing circuitry, memory, and communication interface configured to:
receive a search request from a user device, the search request including a search string;determine first search results using the search request, the search results selected from a first maxima category and a second maxima category within a plurality of maxima categories of searchable data organized based on content similarity and relative popularity, wherein of the first and second maxima categories contains hierarchically ordered sub-maxima categories that further organize the searchable data within the maxima categories based on content similarity;deliver the first search results to the user device;receive user interaction data from the user device indicating user interaction within the first maxima category and the second maxima category;process the user interaction data to identify second search results selected from a first sub-maxima category and a second sub-maxima category of the first maxima category; anddeliver the second search results to the user device.