Patents Represented by Attorney Patterson & Assocaites
  • Patent number: 7447684
    Abstract: A method, article of manufacture, apparatus for determining keywords to be used by a search engine. In one embodiment, a list of hyperlinks contained in an electronic document is identified by a searching program. The searching program then accesses the resource content (e.g., HTML) from each resource pointed to by the hyperlinks. The resource content of each resource is examined to determine whether a commonality exists in a manner directed to identifying keywords for each resource. These keywords may then be used by a search engine to return more accurate results to user queries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Cary L. Bates