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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2010
Susan T. Dumais, Kirkland, WA (US);
Stefan David Weitz, Seattle, WA (US);
Alexander George Gounares, Kirkland, WA (US);
David James Gemmell, Danville, CA (US);
Paul Yiu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Susan T. Dumais, Kirkland, WA (US);
Stefan David Weitz, Seattle, WA (US);
Alexander George Gounares, Kirkland, WA (US);
David James Gemmell, Danville, CA (US);
Paul Yiu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Concepts and technologies are described herein for authority ranking for real time and social search. An authority index configured to store data relating to sources is generated. Data relating to the sources, including an authority value, are generated and stored at the authority index. The authority value may be defined as a function of source, topic, and point of view ('POV'), as well as other data, if desired, and may be determined based upon one or more ranking functions. The ranking functions are determined, and data corresponding to the ranking functions is obtained. Each of the ranking functions may be weighted according to a weighting function, a confidence value or interval, one or more time functions, and/or other methods. The obtained authority value may be used for affecting ranking of search results or for other purposes.