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Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 15, 2010
Applicants:

Mark C. Stiver, Brookville, OH (US);

Vimal Koul, West Chester, OH (US);

Euphemia H. Miller, Walnut Creek, CA (US);

Jeff A. Seitter, Dayton, OH (US);

Inventors:

Mark C. Stiver, Brookville, OH (US);

Vimal Koul, West Chester, OH (US);

Euphemia H. Miller, Walnut Creek, CA (US);

Jeff A. Seitter, Dayton, OH (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30696 (2013.01); G06F 17/30675 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for ranking documents. An exemplary method includes receiving a plurality of queries from a user that are related to a search topic. The queries are compared to a plurality of documents stored in a database to identify candidate documents that match one or more of the queries. The number of matching queries is determined for the candidate documents. The candidate documents are ranked, using a computer processor, for relevance to the search topic based at least on the number of matching queries for each respective candidate document.


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