Patent ID: 11899700
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A computing system comprising one or more hardware processors, the computing system programmed with executable instructions to respond to a submission, from a user device, of a search query by performing a process that comprises:
identifying a plurality of catalog items that are responsive to the search query;
identifying one or more catalog browse nodes corresponding to the catalog items that are responsive to the search query;
determining whether the number of the identified catalog browse nodes exceeds a threshold, said number representing a breadth of the search query, wherein the threshold is at least three; and
generating, and outputting to the user device in response to the search query, a search results user interface that displays search query results, wherein generating the search results user interface comprises:
when the number of the identified catalog browse nodes exceeds the threshold, incorporating into the search results user interface a plurality of browse node exploration sections, each browse node exploration section corresponding to a respective one of the identified catalog browse nodes and including (1) a user selectable link to a browse node page corresponding to the respective catalog browse node, and (2) a display of one or more representative items from the respective catalog browse node; and
when the number of the identified catalog browse nodes does not exceed the threshold, generating the search results user interface without inclusion of any of said browse node exploration sections.