Patent ID: 8316000
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for using user provided tags for searching, comprising: collecting at an application server a plurality of user provided tags associated with each one of a plurality of entities, wherein the plurality of user provided tags comprises semantic descriptions entered by a plurality of different users: creating by the application server a tag topological network layer that is managed by a service provider, wherein the tag topological network layer predefines a next entity for each one of the plurality of entities based upon the plurality of user provided tags; receiving at the application server a user query that contains a search term from a user; generating at the application server a search result containing an entity of the plurality of entities in the tag topological network layer, wherein the entity is found based on a distance measure of a tag vector, t outputting the search result to an internet protocol device of the user.