Patent Document ID: 8849818
Application ID: 13426560

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: providing a rating icon for a first document in a group of documents; receiving from a user, through a selection of the rating icon, a user rating of the first document in the group of documents; generating a first user-specific rating for the first document based on the user rating, wherein the first user-specific rating corresponds to the user and is distinct from respective user-specific ratings of other users for the group of documents; receiving a search request sent by the user; identifying a plurality of documents that satisfy the search request, wherein the plurality documents includes a second document that has not previously been rated by the user and is in the group of documents; and sending a response to the search request, the response including instructions to display a ranked set of links to at least some of the plurality of documents that satisfy the search request, wherein the ranked set of the links includes a link to the second document, wherein the link to the second document is displayed with the first user-specific rating.

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Claim 3:
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: identifying a third document of the plurality of documents, wherein the third document is the first document having the generated first user-specific rating; and wherein the ranked set of links includes a link to the third document, wherein the link to the third document is displayed with the first user-specific rating.