International Business Machines Corporation

Shanghua Teng

Reiner Kraft

Michael Lawrence Emens

Stefan Bengt Edlund

Jussi Petri Myllymaki

A system and method of metadata search ranking is disclosed. The present invention utilizes a combination of popularity and/or relevancy to determine a search ranking for a given search result association. Given the exponential growth rate currently being experienced in the Internet community, the present invention provides one of the few methods by which searches of this vast distributed database can produce useful results ranked and sorted by usefulness to the searching web surfer. The present invention permits embodiments incorporating a Ranking System/Method ( ) further comprising a Session Manager ( ), Query Manager ( ), Popularity Sorter ( ), and Association ( ) functions. These components may be augmented in some preferred embodiments via the use of a Query Entry means ( ), Search Engine ( ); Data Repository ( ), Query Database ( ), and/or a Resource List ( ).

Metadata search results ranking system

A method for presenting to an end-user the intermediate matching search results of a keyword search in an index list of information. The method comprising the steps of: coupling to a search engine a graphical user interface for accepting keyword search terms for searching the indexed list of information with the search engine; receiving one or more keyword search terms with one or more separation characters separating there between; performing a keyword search with the one or more keyword search terms received when a separation character is received; and presenting the number of documents matching the keyword search terms to the end-user presenting a graphical menu item on a display. A system and method of metadata search ranking is disclosed. The present invention utilizes a combination of popularity and/or relevancy to determine a search ranking for a given search result association.

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