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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2006
Applicants:
Tao Yang, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Wei Wang, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Assignee:
IAC Search & Media, Inc., Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for aggregating search results are disclosed herein. The systems and methods include receiving a user search query, analyzing the user search query to identify a plurality of properties of the user search query, identifying a plurality of search results that match the user search query, each search result being based on a different scheme, and aggregating the search results to produce a search results list. The search results list may be a combined and selected results list. Feedback-based optimization is also disclosed.