Patent Document ID: 7840442
Application ID: 11524747

Base Claim:
1. A method comprising: gathering, by at least one processor, click information associated with a member of a search result set having a plurality of members, the search result set produced in response to a search; determining, by the at least one processor, relative responsiveness of the member, compared with the other members of the search result set, based on the click information and on a position of the member in an ordering for display of the search result set; generating, by the at least one processor, a score for association with the member that reflects the relative responsiveness of the member to the search; and using, by the at least one processor, the score to affect a response to a subsequent search.

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Claim 5:
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising adjusting, by the at least one processor, said score to account for a specific knowledge of a search term used in the search.