发明名称 System and method for evaluating results of a search query in a network environment
摘要 A method is provided in one example and includes receiving results for a search query initiated by a user; evaluating the results in relation to a personal profile of the user. The personal profile includes a plurality of characteristics associated with the user. The method also includes ranking the results based on the evaluation in order to generate a resultant that reflects a ranking of the results, and communicating the resultant to the user.
申请公布号 US8909624(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.12.09
申请号 US201113149405 申请日期 2011.05.31
申请人 Cisco Technology, Inc. 发明人 Gannu Satish K.;Sambhus Sonali Mihir;Tao Yicheng;Durazzo Kenneth A.;Frazier Leon A.
分类号 G06F17/30;G06Q30/02 主分类号 G06F17/30
代理机构 Patent Capital Group 代理人 Patent Capital Group
主权项 1. A method, comprising: receiving results of a search query initiated by a user; evaluating the received results in relation to a personal profile of the user, wherein the personal profile includes a plurality of characteristics associated with the user and wherein the evaluating comprises comparing the plurality of characteristics to the results; evaluating the results based on attributes of the user, wherein the attributes include at least one of the user's gender, the user's place of employment, and the user's position at the user's place of employment; ranking the results to generate a resultant that reflects a ranking of the results in order of likely meaningfulness to the user based on the evaluation; and communicating the resultant to the user; wherein the plurality of characteristics comprise at least one characteristic derived from observing the user's behavioral patterns over a period of time and at least one characteristic declared by the user, and wherein the plurality of characteristics include at least one of a media type preferred by the user, a tag cloud associated with the user, an information flow characteristic associated with the user, past queries associated with the user, previous searches conducted by the user, a topic of interest to the user, a personal vocabulary of the user, and a rating of similar searches.
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