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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Eric Glover, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Patrick La Victoire, Los Altos, CA (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Methods for ranking search results are disclosed. The methods include obtaining an unranked set of functionally similar search that all correspond to an action. The methods further include retrieving a ranking vector corresponding to the action. The ranking vector identifies a plurality of software applications that perform a function corresponding to the action and a ranking range for each of the plurality of software applications. The methods further include iteratively ranking the functionally similar search results of the unranked set to obtain a ranked set of functionally similar search results. The ranking is based on the retrieved ranking vector and a random number generator that generates random numbers between the minimum value and the maximum value of the ranking vector.