Stephen Joseph Moffett

US Patent:

20090132516, May 21, 2009

Filed:

Nov 19, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/942498

Inventors:

Alpesh S. Patel - Morrisville NC, US
Gilbert C. Yu - Cupertino CA, US
Marshall Uy Alexander - Pleasanton CA, US
Stephen Joseph Moffett - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707 5, 707E17108

Abstract:

Embodiments of the invention improve the quality of search results returned for a given set of search terms based on metadata associated with the user performing the search. A search query may specify metadata elements to consider in ranking the search results. The metadata used may include bookmarks set by the user (either locally or at a social bookmaking site), group bookmarks, etc. In such a case, search results may be reordered to improve the ranking of websites that are both in the search results and in the bookmarks.

US Patent:

20110225137, Sep 15, 2011

Filed:

May 26, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/116928

Inventors:

ALPESH S. PATEL - Morrisville NC, US
Gilbert C. Yu - Cupertino CA, US
Marshall Uy Alexander - Pleasanton CA, US
Stephen Joseph Moffett - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707706, 707732, 707E17014, 707E17109

Abstract:

Embodiments of the invention improve the quality of search results returned for a given set of search terms based on metadata associated with the user performing the search. A search query may specify metadata elements to consider in ranking the search results. The metadata used may include bookmarks set by the user (either locally or at a social bookmaking site), group bookmarks, etc. In such a case, search results may be reordered to improve the ranking of websites that are both in the search results and in the bookmarks.