Patent ID: 9672290
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06F,Y10S

Claim:
1. A method comprising: based on a received search request, obtaining a plurality of pieces of matching information that match the search request by searching in an information search system; obtaining a respective amount of user response associated with a respective piece of matching information of the plurality of pieces of matching information and a total amount of user response associated with information in a respective category to which the respective piece of matching information belongs, the information in the respective category including the respective piece of matching information and at least one other piece of information belonging to the respective category; and ranking the plurality of pieces of information to generate a search result at least partly based on the total amount of user response associated with the information in the respective category, the ranking including computing ranking scores for the plurality of pieces of matching information by using the total amount of user response associated with the information in the respective category to which each of the plurality of pieces of matching information belongs as a weighted parameter, a value of a weighting coefficient of a first piece of matching information being greater than a value of a weighting coefficient of a second piece of matching information when a total amount of user response associated with a category to which the first piece of matching information belongs is greater than a total amount of user response associated with a category to which the second piece of matching information belongs.