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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2012
Lucian F. Cionca, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alexander Sobol, Los Altos, CA (US);
Andre Rohe, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sangsoo Sung, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Okan Kolak, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Bryan C. Horling, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Lucian F. Cionca, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alexander Sobol, Los Altos, CA (US);
Andre Rohe, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sangsoo Sung, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Okan Kolak, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Bryan C. Horling, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for presenting search results. One of the methods includes obtaining, based on a search request, search results that comprise a first user profile and a second user profile. The method includes determining a popularity difference between a first popularity associated with the first user profile and a second popularity associated with the second user profile. The method includes determining that the popularity difference exceeds a threshold. The method includes based on determining that the popularity difference exceeds the threshold, causing the search results to be presented in a display area such that the first user profile is emphasized relative to the second user profile within the display area.