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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2009
Applicants:
Hongyuan Zha, State College, PA (US);
Sean Suchter, San Mateo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hongyuan Zha, State College, PA (US);
Sean Suchter, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/3071 (2013.01); Y10S 707/99943 (2013.01); Y10S 707/99933 (2013.01); Y10S 707/99945 (2013.01); Y10S 707/99942 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for associating documents with classification values and ranking documents based on classification weights is provided. It is determined if a document is associated a classification. If the document is associated with a classification, then it is determined if a classification value, which is associated with the document, is associated with a weight. If the classification value is associated with a weight, then a rank of the document is adjusted based on the weight that is associated with the classification value.