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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2013
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Chao Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Qianjie Zhong, Shanghai, CN;
Feng Guo, Shanghai, CN;
Qiyan Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Jingjing Liu, Shanghai, CN;
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for searching information. The method is for, in response to receipt of a keyword from a search user of a plurality of users, searching in an information repository to obtain one or more information items to be returned; and returning the information item to the search user based on an importance of each information item of the one or more information items. With the method, it is possible to fully leverage various objective internal relationships between search users, information items and creators and thus improve the search accuracy.