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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2010
Narayanan Sadagopan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yoshiyuki Inagaki, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Georges-eric Albert Marie Robert Dupret, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ciya Liao, Fremont, CA (US);
Anlei Dong, Fremont, CA (US);
Yi Chang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Zhaohui Zheng, Mountain View, CA (US);
Narayanan Sadagopan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yoshiyuki Inagaki, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Georges-Eric Albert Marie Robert Dupret, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ciya Liao, Fremont, CA (US);
Anlei Dong, Fremont, CA (US);
Yi Chang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Zhaohui Zheng, Mountain View, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, access one or more query chains, wherein each one of the query chains comprises two or more search queries, {q, . . . , q}, which are recency-sensitive, are related to the same subject matter, and are issued to a search engine sequentially, and actual click-through information associated with each one of the query chains; and smooth each one of the query chains using the actual click-through information associated with the query chain. To smooth one of the query chains comprises, for each one of search queries, q, in the query chain, where 2≦j≦n, if one of the network resources identified for qhas actually been clicked in connection with qby the corresponding one network user, then presume that the one network resource has been clicked in connection with one or more search queries, q, in the query chain, where 1≦k<j.