Patent ID: 7987176
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a search query; parsing the search query to identify first and second search terms; assigning the first search term and the second search term to respective domains, each domain being a semantic category comprising a set of entities of similar type; determining a relationship between the first and second search terms based on their respective domain assignments; conducting a search based on the respective domain assignments; displaying a result of the search based on the respective domain assignments, the result of the search being displayed as a plurality of rephrasings of the search query, the plurality of rephrasings of the search query comprising alternative semantic queries, respective alternative semantic queries comprising the first term, the second term, and a semantic phrase indicating the relationship between the first and second search terms, the alternative semantic queries comprising different semantic phrases; receiving user input indicative of selection of a selected one of the plurality of rephrasings of the search query; and conducting a further search based on the selected rephrasing of the search query.