IP Library Patent Application 13491183
Patent Application
App. No. 13/491,183

SEARCH RESULT SORT WEIGHTING

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App. No.
13/491,183
Abstract

A user-specified weighting associated with a category can be received. The category can be one of a plurality of categories used to sort search results. The weighting can be applied to the category. Search results can be re-sorted based on the applied weighting to the category.

Claims (43)

1 . A method comprising:

receiving a user-specified weighting associated with a category, the category being one of a plurality of categories used to sort search results;

applying, using a hardware processor, the weighting to the category; and

re-sorting search results based on the applied weighting to the category.

2 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:

rendering a user interface element on a display corresponding to the category; and

wherein receiving the user-specified weighting associated with the category is via the user interface element.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the user interface element is a slider user interface element.

4 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:

rendering a respective user interface element for each category in a subset of categories from the plurality of categories;

receiving a respective user-specified weighting associated with each category in the subset of categories via the respective user interface element;

applying the respective weighting to each category in the subset of categories; and

re-sorting search results based on the applied respective weighting to each category in the subset of categories.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the subset of categories includes all categories in the plurality of categories.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the weighting is a percentage inclusively in the range of zero percent and one-hundred percent.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein categories in the plurality of categories are used to determine demand, and wherein demand is used to sort the search results.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of categories include at least one of relevancy, price, or time.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the time is an auction ending time.

10 . A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving a user-specified weighting associated with a category, the category being one of a plurality of categories used to sort search results;

applying, using a hardware processor, the weighting to the category; and

re-sorting search results based on the applied weighting to the category.

11 . The computer readable medium of claim 10 , including instructions that, when executed by the machine, cause the machine to performs operations comprising:

rendering a user interface element on a display corresponding to the category; and

wherein receiving the user-specified weighting associated with the category is via the user interface element.

12 . The computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the user interface element is a slider user interface element.

13 . The computer readable medium of claim 10 , including instructions that, when executed by the machine, cause the machine to performs operations:

rendering a respective user interface element for each category in a subset of categories from the plurality of categories;

receiving a respective user-specified weighting associated with each category in the subset of categories via the respective user interface element;

applying the respective weighting to each category in the subset of categories; and

re-sorting search results based on the applied respective weighting to each category in the subset of categories.

14 . The computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the subset of categories includes all categories in the plurality of categories.

15 . The computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the weighting is a percentage inclusively in the range of zero percent and one-hundred percent.

16 . The computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein categories in the plurality of categories are used to determine demand, and wherein demand is used to sort the search results.

17 . The computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of categories include at least one of relevancy, price, or time.

18 . The computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the time is an auction ending time.

19 . A system comprising:

a hardware processor;

an interface module, executable by the hardware processor, configured to:

receive a user-specified weighting associated with a, the category being one of a plurality of categories used to sort search results; and

applying, using a hardware processor, the weighting to the category; and

a sort engine configured to

re-sort search results based on the applied weighting to the category.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2014
From: GUPTA, RAGHAV; XU, SICHUN
To: EBAY INC.
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