Patent ID: 9361362
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: selecting, by one or more computers, a query term A of a search query that includes the query term A in a particular context, wherein the particular context is a set of one or more additional terms that are included in the search query with the query term A; determining, by the one or more computers, that a term B is a context-dependent substitute for the query term A when the term A occurs in the particular context based on a measure of search results in common among (i) search results returned for one or more search queries that include the query term A and the one or more additional terms of the particular context, and (ii) search results returned for one or more search queries that include the term B and the one or more additional terms of the particular context; determining, by the one or more computers, that a term C is identified as a substitute for the term B, wherein the term C is not directly identified as a substitute for the query term A; and determining, by the one or more computers, whether to revise the search query that includes the term A and the one or more additional terms to include the term C based on: