Method, system, and program for ordering search results using a popularity weighting

Claim 3

The method of claim 1 , further comprising coding a document to include the file address search results, wherein the document will display the file address search results according to the ordering.

Claim 4

The method of claim 1 , wherein a server having a server URL executes the search and generates the document, wherein the file address search results comprise search result URLs denoting the location of files distributed at servers over an Internet, wherein generating the document including the file address search results comprises: combining the server URL with each search result URL into a combined URL for each search result; coding the document to display each search result with the combined URL, wherein issuing a request to the combined URL is directed to the server; receiving a request to the combined URL; adjusting upward each popularity weight associated with each search result URL in the combined URL and keyword pair matching the search keywords; and redirecting the request to the search result URL.

Claim 5

The method of claim 1 , further comprising; receiving a request to access at least one of the file address search results displayed in the document; and adjusting the popularity weights upward for the at least one requested file address search result and keyword pair matching the search keywords.

Claim 6

The method of claim 4 , further comprising adjusting the popularity weights downward for those file address and keyword pairs matching the search keywords that were not requested.

Claim 7

The method of claim 4 , wherein the adjustment to the popularity weight is determined by a number of previously requested file address search results from the document, wherein later requested file address search results have a relatively lower priority weight adjustment than earlier requested file address search results.

Claim 8

The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating multiple documents to include all the file address search results when the search results cannot all be included in a single document, wherein each document displays the file address search results according to the ordering.

Claim 9

The method of claim 7 , wherein the adjustment to the popularity weight is determined by a number of previously requested file address search results within one document, wherein later requested file address search results have a relatively lower priority weight adjustment than earlier requested file address search results within one document.

Claim 14

The system of claim 10 , further comprising means for coding a document to include the file address search results, wherein the document will display the file address search results according to the ordering.

Claim 15

The system of claim 11 , wherein a server having a server URL executes the search and generates the document, wherein the file address search results comprise search result URLs denoting the location of files distributed at servers over an Internet, wherein the means for generating the document including the file address search results comprises: means for combining the server URL with each search result URL into a combined URL for each search result; means for coding the document to display each search result with the combined URL, wherein issuing a request to the combined URL is directed to the server; means for receiving a request to the combined URL; means for adjusting upward each popularity weight associated with each search result URL in the combined URL and keyword pair matching the search keywords; and means for redirecting the request to the search result URL.

Claim 16

The system of claim 11 , further comprising; means for receiving a request to access at least one of the file address search results displayed in the document; and means for adjusting the popularity weights upward for the at least one requested file address search result and keyword pair matching the search keywords.

Claim 17

The system of claim 13 , further comprising means for adjusting the popularity weights downward for those file address and keyword pairs matching the search keywords that were not requested.

Claim 18

The system of claim 13 , wherein the adjustment to the popularity weight is determined by a number of previously requested file address search results from the document, wherein later requested file address search results have a relatively lower priority weight adjustment than earlier requested file address search results.

Claim 19

The system of claim 11 , further comprising means for generating multiple documents to include all the file address search results when the search results cannot all be included in a single document, wherein each document displays the file address search results according to the ordering.

Claim 20

The system of claim 16 , wherein the adjustment to the popularity weight is determined by a number of previously requested file address search results within one document, wherein later requested file address search results have a relatively lower priority weight adjustment than earlier requested file address search results within one document.

Claim 23

An article of manufacture for ordering electronic files subject to searching, the article of manufacture comprising computer useable media accessible to a computer, wherein the computer usable media includes at least one computer program that is capable of causing the computer to perform: associating at least one keyword with each file, wherein a physical location of each file is identified by a file address; associating a popularity weight with at least one file address and key word pair, wherein a file address is capable of having multiple associated keywords and one associated popularity weight for each file address and keyword pair, wherein the popularity weight for each file address and keyword pair indicates a frequency of selection of the file address in response to searches including the associated keyword, and wherein the popularity weights associated wit. multiple keywords associated with one file address are capable of being different; executing a search query including search keywords; receiving file address search results that have at least one associated keyword that matches at least one search keyword in response to executing the search query; and ordering the search results according to the popularity weight associated with each file address search result and keyword pair whose keyword matches the search keyword.

Claim 24

An article of manufacture for ordering electronic files subject to searching, the article of manufacture comprising computer useable media accessible to a computer, wherein the computer usable media includes at least one computer program that is capable of causing the computer to perform: associating at least one keyword with each file, wherein a physical location of each file is identified by a file address; associating a popularity weight with at least one file address and key word pair, wherein a file address is capable of having multiple associated keywords and one associated popularity weight for each file address and keyword pair, wherein the popularity weight for each file address and keyword pair indicates a frequency of selection of the file address in response to searches including the associated keyword, and wherein the popularity weights associated wit. multiple keywords associated with one file address are capable of being different; executing a search query including search keywords; receiving file address search results that have at least one associated keyword that matches at least one search keyword in response to executing the search query; and ordering the search results according to the popularity weight associated with each file address search result and keyword pair whose keyword matches the search keyword.

Claim 25

The article of manufacture of claim 19 , further comprising coding a document to include the file address search results, wherein the document will display the file address search results according to the ordering.

Claim 26

The article of manufacture of claim 19 , wherein a server having a server URL executes the search and generates the document, wherein the file address search results comprise search result URLs denoting the location of files distributed at servers over an Internet, wherein generating the document including the file address search results comprises: combining the server URL with each search result URL into a combined URL for each search result; coding the document to display each search result with the combined URL, wherein issuing a request to the combined URL is directed to the server; receiving a request to the combined URL; adjusting upward each popularity weight associated with each search result URL in the combined URL and keyword pair matching the search keywords; and redirecting the request to the search result URL.

Claim 27

The article of manufacture of claim 19 , further comprising; receiving a request to access at least one of the file address search results displayed in the document; and adjusting the popularity weights upward for the at least one requested file address search result and keyword pair matching the search keywords.

Claim 28

The article of manufacture of claim 22 , further comprising adjusting the popularity weights downward for those file address and keyword pairs matching the search keywords that were not requested.

Claim 29

The article of manufacture of claim 22 , wherein the adjustment to the popularity weight is determined by a number of previously requested file address search results from the document, wherein later requested file address search results have a relatively lower priority weight adjustment than earlier requested file address search results.

Claim 30

The article of manufacture of claim 19 , further comprising generating multiple documents to include all the file address search results when the search results cannot all be included in a single document, wherein each document displays the file address search results according to the ordering.

Claim 31

The article of manufacture of claim 25 , wherein the adjustment to the popularity weight is determined by a number of previously requested file address search results within one document, wherein later requested file address search results have a relatively lower priority weight adjustment than earlier requested file address search results within one document.

Claim 32

An article of manufacture for ordering electronic files subject to searching, the article of manufacture comprising computer useable media accessible to a computer, wherein the computer usable media includes at least one computer program that is capable of causing the computer to perform: associating at least one keyword with each file, wherein a physical location of each file is identified by a file address; associating a popularity weight with at least one file address and key word pair, wherein a file address is capable of having multiple associated keywords and one associated popularity weight for each file address and keyword pair; executing a search query including search keywords; receiving file address search results that have at least one associated keyword that matches at least one search keyword in response to executing the search query; ordering the search results according to the popularity weight associated with each file address search result and keyword pair whose keyword matches the search keyword; determining multiple popularity weights associated with at least one file address search result for those search results having multiple associated keywords that match the search keyword; and averaging the determined multiple popularity weights to determine an averaged popularity weight for the file address search results having determined multiple popularity weights, wherein the search results are ordered according to the popularity weight associated with each file address search result having only one associated keyword that matches the search keywords and the averaged popularity weight for each file address search result having only multiple associated keywords that matches the search keywords.

Claim 33

An article of manufacture for ordering electronic files subject to searching, the article of manufacture comprising computer useable media accessible to a computer, wherein the computer usable media includes at least one computer program that is capable of causing the computer to perform: associating at least one keyword with each file, wherein a physical location of each file is identified by a file address; associating a popularity weight with at least one file address and key word pair, wherein a file address is capable of having multiple associated keywords and one associated popularity weight for each file address and keyword pair; executing a search query including search keywords; receiving file address search results that have at least one associated keyword that matches at least one search keyword in response to executing the search query; ordering the search results according to the popularity weight associated with each file address search result and keyword pair whose keyword matches the search keyword; determining multiple popularity weights associated with at least one file address search result for those search results having multiple associated keywords that match the search keyword; and averaging the determined multiple popularity weights to determine an averaged popularity weight for the file address search results having determined multiple popularity weights, wherein the search results are ordered according to the popularity weight associated with each file address search result having only one associated keyword that matches the search keywords and the averaged popularity weight for each file address search result having only multiple associated keywords that matches the search keywords.