Patent ID: 8510314
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a data store storing an index of distinct book content items and corresponding characteristics of the distinct book content items; a search system comprising one or more processors coupled to the data store to identify distinct book content items, the search system being configured to access an index in which the corresponding characteristics of the identified distinct book content items are stored; and a book search subsystem coupled to the search system, the book search subsystem configured to i) identify implicit textual links between the distinct book content items based on textual content of the distinct book content items ii) represent the distinct book content items as a weighted graph in computer memory, where each of the distinct book content items is represented as a distinct node in the weighted graph, where an edge exists in the weighted graph between each pair of distinct nodes that represent distinct book content items that both include a matching uncommon word string, and wherein each edge in the weighted graph is weighted based on a relative importance of the distinct node from which the edge originates and iii) generate a rank score for the identified distinct book content items based on the implicit textual links.