Patent Document ID: 8725726
Application ID: 13616965

Base Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computer, a search query that includes a search term; identifying, by the computer, a plurality of documents that include the search term; identifying, by the computer, anchor text that matches the search term, the anchor text being included in a first document of the plurality of documents, the anchor text corresponding to a link that points to a second document, and the second document not being one of the plurality of documents; generating, by the computer, a list of documents that includes information regarding the plurality of documents and the second document; and providing, by the computer, the list of documents.

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Claim 3:
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: assigning an initial score to each of the plurality of documents, the initial score, for one of the plurality of documents, being set to a particular value; performing a process to generate a score for each of the plurality of documents based on the initial score, the process being performed for a plurality of iterations, the score for the one of the plurality of documents being generated based on the initial score assigned to the one of the plurality of documents and scores for one or more documents, of the plurality of documents, that include a link to the one of the plurality of documents; and ranking the plurality of documents, in the list of documents, based on the scores for the plurality of documents.