Patent ID: 8959077
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. One or more computer hardware memory devices storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, perform a method of deeming that a document is relevant to a search query, the method comprising: receiving by a search engine the search query including a search term, determining that one or more documents are relevant to the search term by reviewing the plurality of term postings and finding a match between the search term and at least one of the respective terms; determining a search-result rank of the one or more documents determined to be relevant by using the document identifier of each document access a per-document index lookup table, which maps each document identifier to document-ranking information in the per-document index, and by ranking the one or more documents according to the document-ranking information retrieved from the per-document index for each document, serving search results in which a listing of the one or more documents that are ranked are presented consistent with the search-result rank.