Patent Document ID: 8127220
Application ID: 09734883

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: identifying a document that is stored on a server in a network and that includes links to linked documents; determining scores for a plurality of the links in the identified document; modifying the identified document based on the determined scores, wherein modifying the identified document includes: reordering at least two of the links based on the determined scores, or sorting at least two of the links based on the determined scores, comparing the determined scores to a threshold, and deleting one of the links from the identified document when the determined score for the one of the links falls below the threshold; and providing the modified document to a user.

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Claim 7:
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the scores includes at least two of: for each of the linked documents, determining scores for one or more linking documents that contain links to the linked document, determining a score for each of the linked documents based on the scores of the one or more linking documents, and associating the determined scores for the linked documents with the corresponding links in the identified document; determining a clickthrough rate for each of the linked documents, determining a score for each of the linked documents based on the determined clickthrough rates, and associating the determined scores for the linked documents with the corresponding links in the identified document; determining a measure of popularity associated with each of the linked documents, determining a score for each of the linked documents based on the determined measure of popularity, and associating the determined scores for the linked documents with the corresponding links in the identified document; or receiving input from the user, determining a score for each of the linked documents based on the received input, and associating the determined scores for the linked documents with the corresponding links in the identified document.