Google买下Cuil的7个专利

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Cuil原本是Google的竞争对手，但是已经于2010年九月关闭。现在Google已经把Cuil的七个专利买下来，我们来看看到底这些专利是些什麽内容?

Cuil与Google最大的不同在于排名系统，Google透过站内连结分析(link analysis)等指标指定网页的优先等级，也叫做网页排名。而Cuil则透过搜寻查询分析网页内容的重要性，换句话就是结果自动分类(classification)与群聚(clustering)。

这个曾经被认为是Google挑战者的Cuil竟然就这样的关灯走人了，可见搜寻市场的竞争性。

以下是Google买下的专利列表:

(1)
Apparatus and Method for Displaying Search Results with a Variety of Display Paradigms
Invented by Tomas Costello
Assigned to Cuill, Inc.
US Patent Application 20090240672
Published September 24, 2009
Filed: July 24, 2008

(2)
Apparatus and Method for Displaying Search Results Using Tabs
Invented by Tomas Costello and Louis Monier
Assigned to Cuill, Inc.
US Patent Application 20090240685
Published September 24, 2009
Filed: July 24, 2008

(3)
Apparatus and Method for Displaying Search Results Using Stacks
Invented by Tomas Costello
Assigned to Cuill, Inc.
US Patent Application 20090241044
Published September 24, 2009
Filed: July 24, 2008

(4)
Apparatus and Method for Displaying Search Results with Configurable Columns and Textual Summary Lengths
Invented by Tomas Costello and Edward Lau
Assigned to Cuill, Inc.
US Patent Application 20090241018
Published September 24, 2009
Filed: July 24, 2008

(5)
Apparatus and Method for Displaying Search Results with an Associated Anchor Area
Invented by Tomas Costello and Edward Lau
Assigned to Cuill, Inc.
US Patent Application 20090241058
Published September 24, 2009
Filed: July 24, 2008

(6)
Apparatus and Method for Displaying Search Results with Various Forms of Advertising
Invented by Tomas Costello and Edward Lau
Assigned to Cuill, Inc.
US Patent Application 20090241065
Published September 24, 2009
Filed: July 24, 2008

(7)
Apparatus and Method for Displaying Search Results with a Menu of Refining Search Terms
Invented by Tomas Costello
Assigned to Cuill, Inc.
US Patent Application 20090241066
Published September 24, 2009
Filed: July 24, 2008
翻译为
1以各种不同方式展现搜寻结果的设备与方法
2以Tabs方式展现搜寻结果的设备与方法
3以堆叠方式展现搜寻结果的设备与方法
4以可组态栏位与文字总结长度展现搜寻结果的设备与方法
5以相关锚点区域展现搜寻结果的设备与方法
6以各种广告形式展现搜寻结果的设备与方法
7以搜寻词精简的选单展现搜寻结果的设备与方法
上面的几个专利确实都是跟搜寻结果的展现方式有关係，Google为什麽需要这些专利呢?

如果你仔细阅读其中的专利内容，你会发现这些专利几乎都有一个共通点，就是希望可以把许多不同意义的搜寻词搜寻结果，有效率的显示出来。

也就是跟语意网路有关係，当一个字词有多个意义的时候，Google希望他的展现方式是有以上专利的保护，或是希望透过上面的专利造成其他竞争者的门槛。

更进一步的意义应该是，Google对于多义搜寻结果的演算法应该已经可以浮出抬面，因此后续应该会有更多相关的新界面或是新服务出现。

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