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Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 12, 2013
Applicant:

Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Taher H. Haveliwala, Fremont, CA (US);

Glen Jeh, San Francisco, CA (US);

Sepandar Kamvar, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30864 (2013.01); G06F 17/3053 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for presenting search results is provided. The method includes submitting a query to a server and receiving from the server, in response to the query: a comprehensive list of search results that satisfy the query, and multiple position vectors, each position vector identifying a respective ordered subset of the search results in the comprehensive list. The method further includes storing the comprehensive list and the multiple position vectors, receiving a user-made selection identifying a subset of the multiple position vectors, and displaying a subset of the search results in the comprehensive list in accordance with the user-made selection.


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