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Vertical-based query optionalizing

US9336312B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

FACEBOOK, INC. · US

Inventors

Sriram Sankar · Palo Alto, US
Igor Ribeiro de Assis · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 8, 2013
Grant date	May 10, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 11, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/9538
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, one or more computing devices receive a search query; the computing devices identify in the search query a search term associated with a first object type of multiple object types; the computing devices modify the search query by optionalizing the search term in the search query; the computing devices also send the search query as modified for execution against a first data store storing objects of the first object type.

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