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

Claim 7:
8. The system of claim 5, wherein the control circuitry configured to identify a second plurality of terms in the natural language search query is further configured to:
split the natural language search query into a plurality of words;
analyze a first word of the plurality of words;
determine, 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, analyze the first word together with a second word that immediately follows the first word;
determine, 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, identify 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, identify the first word as single term.