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Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012

Filed:

Aug. 12, 2009
Applicants:

Michal Cierniak, Palo Alto, CA (US);

NA Tang, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michal Cierniak, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Na Tang, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

One or more server devices may simultaneously calculate first ranking scores for a group of users and second ranking scores for a group of comments authored by the group of users. The calculating may occur during a same process. The one or more server devices may further provide one of a first ranked list that includes information identifying the group of users, the information identifying the group of users being ordered based on the first ranking scores, or a second group of comments of the group of comments, the comments in the second group of comments being ordered based on the second ranking scores.


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