Patent Document ID: 9767492
Application ID: 13637116

Base Claim:
1. A method for ranking based on interpersonal distances, comprising: obtaining, by a ranking server, objects queried by a query request initiated by a user from a user client and obtaining a reference user group corresponding to each queried object; obtaining, by the ranking server, interpersonal distances between users in the reference user group and the user who initiates the query request, and obtaining rating scores of each of the objects queried by the query request that are given by the users in the reference user group; and determining, by the ranking server, a user relationship ranking index of each of the objects queried based on the interpersonal distances and the rating scores, and ordering the objects based on respective user relationship ranking indices of the objects.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the reference user group corresponding to each queried object comprises: based on a sample size predetermined for the reference user group, selecting a corresponding number of users who have recently purchased a certain object of the objects queried used to form the reference user group; or based on the sample size predetermined for the reference user group, selecting a corresponding number of users who have recently expressed purchase intentions for the certain object; or based on the sample size predetermined for the reference user group, selecting users who have recently purchased the certain object and users who have recently expressed purchase intentions for the certain object according to a given ratio to form the reference user group.