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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
João Pedro de Almeida Forjaz de Lacerda, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Karolina Buchner, San Jose, CA (US);
Vivek Sehgal, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Hon Yuk Chan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vipul Ved Prakash, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lun Cui, Fremont, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus of a device that re-rank a plurality of search results received from a search server on the device is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the device receives, with a browser of the device, a search query from a user. The device further sends the search query to a search server. In addition, the device receives the plurality of search results from the search server, wherein the plurality of search results is ranked according to a first ranking. The device also retrieves browser history of the user, wherein the browser history is collected on the device without revealing the browser history to the search server. The device further re-ranks the plurality of search results according to a second ranking based on at least the browser history. In addition, the device presents the plurality of search results using the second ranking.