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Systems, methods, and interfaces for providing personalized search and information access

A search result, search engine technology, applied in the field of computer systems

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-04-12
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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Another problem is that search engines operate the same for all users regardless of their needs and circumstances

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[0017] The present invention relates to systems and methods for employing user profiles to personalize general query and / or search results based on information relevant to the respective user. In one aspect, a system that facilitates generating a personalized search for information is provided. The system includes a user model to determine the characteristics of the user. The personalization component automatically alters queries and / or search results based on the user profile in order to personalize the user's information search. A user interface component receives queries and displays search results from one or more local and / or remote search engines, wherein the interface is adjustable from a more personal search to a more general search.

[0018] When used in this application, the terms "component," "service," "model," and "system" are intended to refer to a computer-related entity: hardware, a combination of hardware and software, software, or software in execution. For...

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The present invention relates to systems and methods that employ user models to personalize generalized queries and / or search results according to information that is relevant to respective user characteristics. A system is provided that facilitates generating personalized searches of information. The system includes a user model to determine characteristics of a user. The user model may be assembled automatically via an analysis of a user's content, activities, and overall context. A personalization component automatically modifies queries and / or search results in view of the user model in order to personalize information searches for the user. A user interface receives the queries and displays the search results from one or more local and / or remote search engines, wherein the interface can be adjusted in a range from more personalized searches to more generalized searches.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates generally to computer systems, and more particularly to automatically refining and focusing search queries and / or results based on personalized user profiles. Background technique [0002] Due to the popularity of the World Wide Web and the Internet, users can obtain information on almost any topic from a large number of sources. To find information, users generally apply various search engines to information retrieval tasks. Search engines enable users to find information-containing Web pages and other material on the Internet that contain specific words or phrases. For example, if they want to find information about George Washington, the first president of the United States, they can type "George Washington First President", hit the search button, and the search engine will return a list of Web pages that contain information about this famous president. However, if a more general search is performed, such as simply ty...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30G06F
CPCG06F17/30867G06F16/9535G06F16/9536G06F16/9538
Inventor E·J·霍维茨J·B·蒂凡S·T·杜迈斯
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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