Patent Document ID: 8260774
Application ID: 12622262

Base Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving at least one search criteria from a first source; identifying multiple portions of indexed content, each respective portion of indexed content related to at least one characteristic of the search criteria, each respective portion of indexed content referencing metadata; determining a relevance of each respective portion of indexed content to the first source who provided the search criteria, the relevance based on user feedback associated with an online version of the portion of indexed content; ranking the multiple portions of indexed content according to their respective relevance to the first source who provided the search criteria; and creating a search result based on ranking the multiple portions of indexed content.

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Claim 7:
7. The method as in claim 1 , wherein determining the relevance of each respective portion of indexed content to the source of the search criteria includes: identifying a first rating of a user who provided first feedback to an online version of a first portion of indexed content, the first rating indicative of a degree to which a first group of users agreed with the first feedback; identifying a second rating of a user who provided second feedback to an online version of a second portion of indexed content, the second rating indicative of a degree to which a second group of users agreed with the second feedback; when the first rating is higher than the second rating, determining the first portion of indexed content has a greater relevance to the source of the search criteria than the second portion of indexed content; and when the second rating is higher than the first rating, determining the second portion of indexed content has a greater relevance to the source of the search criteria than the first portion of indexed content.