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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2004
Brian Acton, Saratoga, CA (US);
Brian Stolte, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rob Solomon, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jeff Weiner, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Catherine Cadogan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Matt Heist, San Carlos, CA (US);
Manish Baldua, San Jose, CA (US);
Charles Arendt, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian Acton, Saratoga, CA (US);
Brian Stolte, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rob Solomon, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jeff Weiner, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Catherine Cadogan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Matt Heist, San Carlos, CA (US);
Manish Baldua, San Jose, CA (US);
Charles Arendt, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for selecting a scoring mechanism from a plurality scoring mechanisms for processing queries are provided. The techniques comprise the steps of, for each scoring mechanism of multiple scoring mechanisms, determining, based on a query, multiple parameter values for the scoring mechanism, generating a score based on the multiple parameter values determined for the scoring mechanism, and selecting which scoring mechanism to use to process the query based on the score generated for each scoring system.