Patent ID: 9344507
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A server, comprising: a hardware processor; and a memory storing a program that, when executed by the hardware processor, causes the server to count a number of operations on each of a plurality of links on a Web page divided into a plurality of areas; calculate a predicted value of a ratio of the operations of said each of the plurality of links based on a value given to one or more of the plurality of areas of the Web page forming said each of the plurality of links; determine a prominence of said each of the plurality of links based on the number of the operations and the predicted value of the ratio of the operations; and normalize the prominence of said each of the plurality of links on the Web page and a prominence of a link on another Web page by weighting the prominence of said each of the plurality of links on the Web page and the prominence of the link on said another Web page in accordance with the number of the operations on said each of the plurality of links on the Web page and a number of operations on the link on said another Web page.