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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2016
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
A search method is disclosed. The method obtains a plurality of search results for a query based on first relevance scores, and classifies the plurality of search results into a plurality of classifications. Based on respective rankings of the plurality of search results in corresponding classifications of the plurality of classifications, second relevance scores for the plurality of search results are generated, and the plurality of search results are ranked based on the first relevance scores and the second relevance scores. The technique achieves lower consumption of system resources, faster computation speed and more flexibility in diversification of search results.