System and method of forming action based virtual communities and related search mechanisms

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8843481
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11542325

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A method for creating a virtual community of users is disclosed The method includes the steps of providing a community server operable to create a virtual community based upon an action performed by a user, and rendering community services to the virtual community of users based on the action. In another aspect of the invention, a method of searching based on an action based virtual community includes the steps of providing a community server operable to create a virtual community based upon a search action performed by a user, and rendering community services to the virtual community of users based on the search action, the rendered community services including information related to returned search results and search result relevance based on other user's actions.

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XU YONGYONGSUNNYVALE CA

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Xu, Yongyong Sunnyvale, US 26 894

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