Patent ID: 7139972
Filing Date: 2006-11-21
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method in a data processing system for selecting a Web page, the method comprising: receiving at least one user interest term; identifying associative terms, wherein the associative terms are associated with the at least one user interest term; weighting the associative terms in response to an identification of the associative terms to form a set of weighted associative terms based on specified probabilities that the associative terms are relative to the at least one user interest term; processing a plurality of Web pages using the set of weighted associative terms to generate a plurality of cumulative ratings in which each Web page within the plurality of Web pages has a cumulative rating, wherein the cumulative rating for a particular Web page within the plurality of Web pages is based on the set of weighted associative terms, wherein the cumulative rating of the particular Web page is 100 percent minus the probability that the particular Web page is irrelevant, and wherein the probability that the particular Web page is irrelevant is determined by multiplying differences between 100 percent and each of the set of weighted associative terms; selecting the Web page as a Web page having a selected cumulative rating greater than a threshold; and presenting the Web page.