Patent ID: 9031936
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for ranking search results using an entity network, the method comprising: receiving, by a computing system that uses one or more processors, an entity search query submitted for performance on an entity network, the entity search query: identifying, by the computing system and based on the received search query, all entities in the entity network that are responsive to the at least one term, wherein the identified entities represent multiple respective employees that match the received entity search query; ranking the identified entities, by the computing system, based on a first relevance score that was generated by the computing system for each of the identified entities before receipt of the search query and based on a second relevance score that was generated for each of the identified entities before receipt of the search query, wherein: presenting, by the computing system and in response to receiving the search query, the identified entities in an order that corresponds to the ranking, such that the identified entities are ordered based on both proximity of the identified entities to the query submitter entity and amount of electronic communications by the identified entities with the query submitter entity.