Patent ID: 11914561
Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 3:
4. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying a second plurality of terms in the natural language search query comprises:
splitting the natural language search query into a plurality of words;
analyzing a first word of the plurality of words;
determining, based on analyzing the first word, whether the first word can be part of a phrase;
in response to determining that the first word can be part of a phrase, analyzing the first word together with a second word that immediately follows the first word;
determining, based on analyzing the first word together with the second word, whether the first word and the second word form a phrase together;
in response to determining that the first word and the second word form a phrase together, identifying the first and second word as a single term; and
in response to determining that the first word does not form a phrase with the second word, identifying the first word as single term.