Patent ID: 7299270
Filing Date: 2007-11-20
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented inferred relation weighting process for determining a strength of an inferred relation between a first internet object and a second Internet object, where the first and second Internet objects are not directly linked, comprising: a first link weighting process for determining a first strength of a first link between the first Internet object and a common object; a second link weighting process for determining a second strength of a second link between the second Internet object and the common object, the first and second link weighting processes being performed by one or more processors; and an inferred relation weight calculation process for determining the strength of inferred relation based on the first strength and the second strength; wherein the first Internet object comprises a query for retrieving a document and the second Internet object comprises a document, the inferred relation weight calculation process comprising: