Patent Document ID: 8612424
Application ID: 13372631

Base Claim:
1. A computerized method for optimizing search result rankings through use of a game interface, the method comprising: electronically, via a processing device, receiving from a plurality of users, requests to engage in an electronic competition via a game interface; providing the game interface to a first user and a second user in response to the requests, the game interface presenting a plurality of search result sets and at least one textual search query to the first user and the second user, the plurality of search result sets indicative of possible search result sets based on the at least one textual search query wherein each search result set includes a plurality of search results; providing a game objective and game instructions to the first user and the second user via the game interface, wherein the game objective includes determining a most relevant result set from the plurality of search result sets for the at least one textual search query, the game instructions are for the first user and the second user to select at least one of the plurality of search result sets based on a competition criteria; electronically, via the processing device, receiving selection commands from the first user and the second user, the selection commands indicating a user selection of the at least one of the plurality of search result sets relative to the game objective; updating ranking data for search result data associated with the at least one textual search query and the plurality of search results in response to the selection commands; and determining an optimum ranking for the plurality of search results in response to a search request including the at least one textual search query using the updated ranking data.

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Claim 10:
10. The method of claim 1 wherein the game objective includes ranking the plurality of search result sets.