公开(公告)号：US09965560B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-08

申请号：US14611772

申请日：2015-02-02

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Xiang Sun ,  Luyi Wang ,  Peter King

IPC: G06F17/30 ,  G06Q50/00

CPC classification number: G06F17/30867 ,  G06Q50/01

Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for providing search results based on a social distance from a user are provided. The method includes receiving a search query from a user, setting a value representing a social distance from the user, the social distance including one or more levels, gathering results corresponding to the search query for each level of social distance, and providing the gathered results to the user.