Propagating information among web pages

US8990210B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8990210-B2
Application numberUS-201313968339-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 15, 2013
Priority dateMar 31, 2006
Publication dateMar 24, 2015
Grant dateMar 24, 2015

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Abstract

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Web pages of a Website may be processed to improve search results. For example, information likely to pertain to more than just the Web page it is directly associated with may be identified. One or more other, related, Web pages that such information is likely to pertain to is also identified. The identified information is associated with the identified other Web page(s) and this association is saved in a way to affect a search result score of the Web page(s).

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The invention claimed is: 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: identifying a home or root web page of a web site; receiving a plurality of other pages of the web site; determining that a product category term occurs on a first web page of the web site, wherein the first web page is not the home or root web page of the web site; determining from an index of web pages whether the product category term is associated with the home or root web page in the index, wherein t…

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What does patent US8990210B2 cover?
Web pages of a Website may be processed to improve search results. For example, information likely to pertain to more than just the Web page it is directly associated with may be identified. One or more other, related, Web pages that such information is likely to pertain to is also identified. The identified information is associated with the identified other Web page(s) and this association is…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Google Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F17/30321. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).