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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Thomas M. Annau, San Carlos, CA (US);
Gregory B. Lindahl, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Samuel Makonnen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Markson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Keith Peters, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert Michael Saliba, San Francisco, CA (US);
Al Sary, Richmond, CA (US);
Rich Skrenta, San Carlos, CA (US);
Dan Swartz, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert N. Truel, San Carlos, CA (US);
Timothy Walters, Redwood City, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A search engine system, including a slashtag server configured to detect at least one search operator in a search query and detect a boosting indicator associated with the at least one search operator. Additionally, a web server configured to, in response to the detected boosting indicator, and generate a first search result that includes a boosted ranking of at least a subset a plurality of search result items in the search result and display the first search result in a web browser.