Sharing user distributed search results

Abstract

A universal distributed search system allows users to find and distribute search results (possibly including advertisements) to those with whom they communicate. The search results can be easily distributed by the user via a simple interface that allows the search results to be easily added to the user's content. Search queries entered by the user or search results received from search components may be automatically refined by the system.

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         29 . A method comprising:
 receiving, by a device, a search query from a first user;   providing, by the device, a list of links to documents relevant to the search query for display to the first user;   receiving, by the device and from the first user, a selection of a group of links from the list of links;   incorporating, by the device and based on the selection, the group of links into a message;   providing, by the device, the message to a second user; and   adjusting, by the device, a reputation score of the first user based on determining that the second user selected one or more links included in the group of links.   
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 29 , where adjusting the reputation score includes:
 adjusting the reputation score of the first user based on a quantity of links included in the group of links.   
     
     
         31 . The method of  claim 29 , where adjusting the reputation score includes:
 adjusting the reputation score of the first user based on a quantity of the one or more links selected by the second user.   
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 29 , where adjusting the reputation score includes:
 increasing the reputation score of the first user,
 where the reputation score is associated with a topic relating to a content of the message. 
   
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 29 , where the first user selects a link, of the group of links, by graphically dragging the link into the message. 
     
     
         34 . The method of  claim 29 , further comprising:
 enabling a link, of the group of links, to be annotated by the first user based on the selection of the group of links.   
     
     
         35 . The method of  claim 29 , where receiving the search query includes:
 receiving a selection of one or more words included in the message.   
     
     
         36 . A device comprising:
 one or more processors to:
 receive a search query associated with a message composed by a first user; 
 provide, based on the search query, a list of links for display to the first user,
 each link, in the list of links, pointing to a document relevant to the search query; 
 
 determine that the first user has selected a group of links from the list of links; 
 incorporate, based on the first user having selected the group of links, the group of links into the message; 
 provide the message to a second user; and 
 modify a reputation score, of the first user, based on determining that the second user selected one or more links included in the group of links. 
   
     
     
         37 . The device of  claim 36 , where, when modifying the reputation score, the one or more processors are to:
 modify the reputation score of the first user based on a quantity of links selected by the first user.   
     
     
         38 . The device of  claim 36 , where, when modifying the reputation score, the one or more processors are to:
 modify the reputation score of the first user based on a quantity of the one or more links selected by the second user.   
     
     
         39 . The device of  claim 36 , where, when modifying the reputation score, the one or more processors are to:
 modify the reputation score of the first user based on:
 a quantity of links incorporated into messages composed by the first user, and 
 a frequency at which the links incorporated into the messages are selected by readers of the messages. 
   
     
     
         40 . The device of  claim 36 , where the first user selects a link, included in the group of links, by graphically dragging the link from the list of links to the message. 
     
     
         41 . The device of  claim 36 , where the one or more processors are to:
 enable the first user to add an indication of the search query to the message.   
     
     
         42 . The device of  claim 36 , where the first user having selected the group of links impacts a resulting ranking of documents pointed to by the group of links. 
     
     
         43 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
 one or more instructions that, when executed by a processor of a device, cause the processor to:
 receive a search query associated with a message composed by a first user; 
 provide, based on the search query, a list of links for display to the first user; 
 determine a selection, made by the first user, of a group of links included in the list of links,
 the selection causing the group of links to be incorporated into the message; and 
 
 modify a reputation score, of the first user, based on determining that a second user selected one or more links included in the group of links,
 the second user being different from the first user. 
 
   
     
     
         44 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 43 , where the one or more instructions to adjust the reputation score include:
 one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
 adjust the reputation score of the first user based on a quantity of links included in the group of links selected by the first user. 
   
     
     
         45 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 43 , where the one or more instructions to adjust the reputation score include:
 one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
 increase the reputation score of the first user based on the second user selecting the one or more links. 
   
     
     
         46 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 43 , where the one or more instructions to adjust the reputation score include:
 one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
 adjust the reputation score of the first user based on a quantity of links incorporated into messages composed by the first user and a frequency at which the links incorporated into the messages are selected by readers of a content of the messages. 
   
     
     
         47 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 43 , where the first user selects a link, included in the group of links, by graphically dragging the link from the list of links to the message. 
     
     
         48 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 43 , where the instructions further comprise:
 one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:   enable the first user to one or more of:
 add an indication of the search query to the message, or 
 annotate the group of links.