Modifying a user query to improve the results
US8868591B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 21, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 21, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 9, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/3322
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to the identification of alternative suggestions which potentially improve on a given query suggestion, without being perceived by a user as being offensively different from the user's query. The alternative suggestions may for example be different query formulations that relate to the same topic as that of the given query suggestion. The technology disclosed uses similarity screening of the given query suggestion against unique queries which do not include the given query suggestion as a prefix, in conjunction with query utility scores representing prior user response to the unique queries.
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