Patent ID: 7996398
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of identifying related terms, the method comprising: analyzing search query submissions of a plurality of search engine users to measure degrees to which particular search terms are related to each other, said degrees of relationship measured based at least partly on how frequently particular search terms co-occur in multiple-term search queries of users, wherein analyzing the search query submissions comprises weighting some search query submissions differently than other search query submissions such that some search query submissions are given different non-zero amounts of weight than other search query submissions in measuring said degrees to which particular search terms are related; and generating, in physical computer storage, a table reflective of a result of the analysis of search query submissions of the plurality of users, said table identifying specific search terms that are related to each other; said method performed in its entirety by a computer system that comprises one or more computers.