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Information filter system and method for integrated content-based and collaborative/adaptive feedback queries
Assignee: I/P Engine Inc
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Filing: 2001-10-22
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Granted: 2004-08-10
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Expires: 2021-10-22
Abstract
Abstract A search engine system is provided for a portal site on the internet. The search engine system employs a regular search engine to make one-shot or demand searches for information entities which provide at least threshold matches to user queries. The search engine system also employs a collaborative/content-based filter to make continuing searches for information entities which match existing wire queries and are ranked and stored over time in user-accessible, system wires corresponding to the respective queries. A user feedback system provides collaborative feedback data for integration with content profile data in the operation of the collaborative/content-based filter. A query processor determines whether a demand search or a wire search is made for an input query.
Inventors
- 👤 Andrew K. Lang
- 👤 Donald M. Kosak
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 06:47
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/30; G06F16/33; G06F16/335; G06F16/337; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/953; G06F16/9535; G06F16/9536; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99932; Y10S707/99933; Y10S707/99935
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 40
Claim 1
Independent Claim
80 words
A search system comprising: a scanning system for searching for information relevant to a query associated with a first user in a plurality of users; a feedback system for receiving information found to be relevant to the query by other users; and a content-based filter system for combining the information from the feedback system with the information from the scanning system and for filtering the combined information for relevance to at least one of the query and the first user.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
80 words
A search system comprising: a scanning system for searching for information relevant to a query associated with a first user in a plurality of users; a feedback system for receiving information found to be relevant to the query by other users; and a content-based filter system for combining the information from the feedback system with the information from the scanning system and for filtering the combined information for relevance to at least one of the query and the first user.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The search system of claim 1 wherein the content-based filter system filters information on a continuing basis.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
The search system of claim 1 wherein the information comprises an informon.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The search engine of claim 1 wherein the filtered information relevant to at least one of the first user and the query is used to anticipate a future query by the first user.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
13 words
The search system of claim 1 wherein the filtered information is an advertisement.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
The search system of claim 1 further comprising an information delivery system for delivering the filtered information to the first user.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
The search system of claim 1 further comprising feedback communication means for delivering information to at least one of the other users.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
The search system of claim 7 wherein the information delivered to the at least one of the other users further comprises the filtered information.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
The search system of claim 7 wherein the information delivered to the at least one of the other users further comprises a feedback query.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
The search system of claim 9 wherein the information received by the feedback system found to be relevant to the query further comprises a feedback response to the feedback query.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
The search system of claim 7 further comprising a monitor for measuring time spent by the at least one of the other users accessing the delivered information.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
35 words
The search system of claim 11 wherein the content-based filter system uses the measured time spent accessing the delivered information to determine relevance to the at least one of the first user and the query.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
15 words
The search system of claim 10 wherein the feedback response further comprises information rating data.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
20 words
The search system of claim 13 further comprising a ranking module to apply a weight to the information rating data.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
21 words
The search system of claim 13 wherein the information rating data is dynamically adjusted by measuring statistical significance of the information.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
21 words
A web portal comprising the search system of claim 1 for providing information relevant to a query from the first user.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
18 words
The search system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of users comprises at least one mindpool of users.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
21 words
The search system of claim 17 wherein users in the mindpool of users are grouped into at least one distributed group.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
51 words
The search system of claim 17 wherein the mindpool of users comprises at least one of a distributed group of users having a hierarchical structure, a distributed group of users having a parallel structure, and a distributed group of users having a combination of a hierarchical structure and a parallel structure.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
24 words
The search system of claim 1 wherein the content-based filter system filters the combined information relevant to both the query and the first user.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
18 words
The search system of claim 1 wherein the content-based filter system filters by extracting features from the information.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
28 words
The search system of claim 21 wherein the extracted features comprise content data indicative of the relevance to the at least one of the query and the user.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
39 words
The search system of claim 22 wherein the content data indicative of the relevance to the at least one of the query and the user comprises specific elements of information obtained from the information received from the feedback system.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
20 words
The search system of claim 1 wherein the scanning system further comprises scanning a network upon a demand search request.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
30 words
The search system of claim 22 wherein the search system applies adaptive user feedback data to the content-based filter system to provide a learning component for the content profile data.
Claim 27
Independent Claim
76 words
A method for obtaining information relevant to a first user comprising: searching for information relevant to a query associated with a first user in a plurality of users; receiving information found to be relevant to the query by other users; combining the information found to be relevant to the query by other users with the searched information; and content-based filtering the combined information for relevance to at least one of the query and the first user.
Claim 28
Independent Claim
76 words
A method for obtaining information relevant to a first user comprising: searching for information relevant to a query associated with a first user in a plurality of users; receiving information found to be relevant to the query by other users; combining the information found to be relevant to the query by other users with the searched information; and content-based filtering the combined information for relevance to at least one of the query and the first user.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 26 further comprising the step of filtering information on a continuing basis.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 26 further comprising the step of delivering the filtered information to the first user.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
21 words
The search system of claim 26 further comprising the step of delivering information to at least one of the other users.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
37 words
The search system of claim 29 wherein the information delivered to the at least one of the other users further comprises the step of delivering the filtered information to the at least one of the other users.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 29 further comprising the step of providing a feedback query to the at least one of the other users.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 31 wherein the receiving of information found to be relevant to the query further comprises the step of receiving a feedback response to the feedback query.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 29 further comprising the step of measuring time spent by the at least one of the other users accessing the delivered information.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 33 further comprising the step of using the measured time spent to determine relevance of the at least one of the first user and the query.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 32 further comprising the step of receiving a rating of the relevance of the delivered information to the query.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 26 further comprising the step of grouping at least two users in the plurality of users into a mindpool.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 36 further comprising the step of grouping the mindpool users into at least one of a hierarchical structure, a parallel structure, and a combination of a hierarchical structure and a parallel structure.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 26 wherein the searching step comprises scanning a network in response to a demand search for the information relevant to the query associated with the first user.
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