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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2007
Alexander W. Holt, New Paltz, NY (US);
Michael E. Moran, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Jeffrey S. Schaffer, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Alexander W. Holt, New Paltz, NY (US);
Michael E. Moran, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Jeffrey S. Schaffer, Ridgefield, CT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system, method and program product for that utilizes user feedback as a boosting mechanism for closed loop content space search processes, such as site-specific web search engines. A search engine is disclosed that includes: a system for searching a database of content items such as web pages; a data collection system for collecting user feedback from users viewing displayed content items regarding information appearing in said displayed content items; a scoring system for assigning a score to content items from the database based on the user feedback; and a system for ranking a set of search results based on the score assigned to content items in the set of search results.