Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Context-based ranking of search results
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Application No.: US14526694Application Date: 2014-10-29
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Publication No.: US09805126B2Publication Date: 2017-10-31
- Inventor: Ryan Patterson , Michael Dudley Johnson , Erick Tseng
- Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30 ; H04L12/18

Abstract:
In one embodiment, a computing device may access a search query provided by a user; identify a set of search results in response to the search query, wherein one or more search results in the set are associated with a feature of a social-networking system; rank the set of search results based on one or more factors; boost one or more ranks of the one or more search results associated with the feature to bring the feature to the user's attention; and present the set of search results to the user in order of its ranking.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150058332A1 Context-Based Ranking of Search Results Public/Granted day:2015-02-26
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