Patent ID: 8930351
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: determining a user feature based on one or more query terms indicative of a particular feature that occur in a search query submitted during a search session; selecting a user group for the search session, of a plurality of user groups, wherein the user group is selected based on the determined user feature; obtaining a plurality of search results responsive to a second query submitted during the search session wherein each of the search results for the second query has a respective score indicating a quality measure of the result for the second query; determining that for one or more search results in the plurality of search results users associated with the selected user group select the one or more search results more often or less often than a general population of users that is larger than a number of users associated with the user group; based on the determining, modifying the respective score for each of one or more search results of the plurality of search results to create a modified plurality of search results, wherein the score for each of the one or more search results is modified based on, at least, the determination of how often the users associated with the selected user group select the search result relative to the general population; and providing the modified plurality of search results in response to the second query, wherein the modified plurality of search results has an order for presentation based on the respective scores and modified scores for the modified plurality of search results.