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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Hon Yuk Chan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
John M. Hörnkvist, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lun Cui, Fremont, CA (US);
Vipul Ved Prakash, San Francisco, CA (US);
Anubhav Malhotra, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stanley N. Hung, Cupertino, CA (US);
Julien Freudiger, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus of a device that re-rank a plurality of search results is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the device receives a search query from a user and generates the plurality of search results over a plurality of search domains, wherein the plurality of search results is ranked according to a first ranking. The device additionally generates a re-ranking model, where the re-ranking model includes a plurality of intra-domain models that are generated based on at least based on-device interactions of a plurality of users interacting with a plurality of other devices and each of the plurality of search domains corresponds to one of the plurality of intra-domain models. The device further re-ranks the plurality of search results using the re-ranking model and presents the plurality of search results using the second ranking.