IP Library Granted Patent US 8,522,128
Granted Patent B1
US 8,522,128 · App. 13/250,978 · Granted Aug 27, 2013

Systems and methods for modifying the order of links presented in a document

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Patent No.
US 8,522,128
App. No.
13/250,978
Granted
Aug 27, 2013
Kind
B1
Abstract

A system modifies documents to aid users in determining which of the entries in the documents to choose. The system identifies a document that includes one or more entries. The system determines a score for each of the entries and modifies the identified document, or entries in the identified document, based on the determined scores. The system then provides the modified document to a user.

Claims (33)

1. A system comprising:

one or more servers to:

obtain, from a client device, an address of a corresponding document that is stored on a device in a network, the corresponding document including links to respective other documents;

determine a score for each of the links in the corresponding document;

modify, based on the determined scores, the corresponding document;

where, when modifying the corresponding document, at least one of the one or more servers is to perform the following functions in the corresponding document:

reorder two or more of the links based on the respective determined scores,

delete one or more of the links having a determined score that is below a predetermined threshold, and

for the links having determined scores above the predetermined threshold, include one or more additional links to respective one or more additional documents that relate to a respective one of links other documents; and provide the modified document for display at the client device.

2. The system of claim 1 , where, when modifying the obtained document, at least one of the one or more servers is further to:

visually distinguish at least one of the links.

3. The system of claim 1 , where at least one of the one or more servers is further to:

receive a selection of the one or more additional links, and

provide the respective other document based on receiving the selection.

4. A system comprising:

one or more servers to:

obtain, from a client device, an address of a corresponding document that is stored on a device in a network, the corresponding document including links to respective linked documents;

determine scores for two or more of the links in the corresponding document;

reorder the two or more of the links in the corresponding document based on the determined scores;

in the corresponding document, delete one or more of the links having a determined score that is below a predetermined threshold; and

for the links having determined scores above the predetermined threshold, include one or more additional links to respective one or more additional documents that relate to a respective one of the linked documents; and

provide the corresponding document to the client device.

5. The system of claim 4 , where at least one of the one or more servers is further to:

visually distinguish at least one of the two or more of the links.

6. A device comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable memory device to store instructions; and

one or more processors to execute the instructions to:

obtain, from a client device, an address of a corresponding document that is stored on a server in a network, the corresponding document including links to respective linked documents, the links arranged in a first order within the corresponding document;

determine scores for each of the links in the corresponding document;

arrange the links in a second order based on the determined scores, the second order being different from the first order;

in the corresponding document, delete one or more of the links having a determined score that is below a predetermined threshold;

for the links having determined scores above the predetermined threshold, include one or more additional links to respective one or more additional documents that relate to a respective one of the linked documents; and

present the corresponding document to a user via the client device.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 5, 2017
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 044695/0115 →