USING PERSONAL BACKGROUND DATA TO IMPROVE THE ORGANIZATION OF DOCUMENTS RETRIEVED IN RESPONSE TO A SEARCH QUERY

摘要

A computerized method of organizing a set of documents includes receiving a search query from, a user; obtaining personal background data from the user; identifying at least one personal background trait within the personal background data, Hie personal background trait being statistically correlated with documents feat the user is likely to prefer; identifying a plurality of documents responsive to the search query; assigning a score to each identified document based upon a correlation between advanced usage information for each document and the identified personal background traity the advanced usage information describing at least one of a number and frequency of users who have previously accessed the document who possess me identified personal background trait; and organizing the documents based at least in part on the assigned score.