Patent ID: 6754873
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer implemented method of generating lists of related hyperlinked documents, comprising:providing a first set of hyperlinked documents that have a forward link to a selected hyperlinked document and a second set of hyperlinked documents that are pointed to by the forward links in the hyperlinked documents of the first set; assigning values to the forward links in the hyperlinked documents in the first set, the value being reduced for a forward link if there are multiple hyperlinked documents from the same host as the hyperlinked document that includes the forward link; wherein the value is further reduced by dividing the value based on a number of forward links in the hyperlinked documents that includes the forward link plus a predetermined amount; generating a score for each hyperlinked document in the second set based on the values of the forward links pointing to the hyperlinked document, and generating a first list of related hyperlinked documents from the second set based on the scores of the hyperlinked documents; wherein the selected hyperlinked document is displayed in result of a search and a user request to display the first list for the selected hyperlinked document.