Interpreting adjacent search terms based on a hierarchical relationship
US8745028B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 20, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jun 3, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 18, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/334
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-implemented method may include receiving, from a device, a search query that includes search terms, parsing the search terms into combinations of search terms, where each of the combinations includes one or more adjacent search terms, determining whether a hierarchical relationship exists for the one or more adjacent search terms of each of the combinations, generating one or more interpretations for each of the combinations based on whether the hierarchical relationship exists for the one or more adjacent search terms, performing a search based on at least one of the one or more interpretations to identify search results, generating a search result document containing the search results, and providing, to the device, the search result document.
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