Patent ID: 9071566
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, performed at a server having one or more processors and memory storing programs executed by the one or more processors, the method comprising: receiving a search query from a client, wherein the search query comprises at least a first term and a second term; identifying a conversation relevant to the search query, the conversation having two or more messages sharing a common set of characteristics that meet predefined criteria and a respective conversation identifier, wherein identifying a conversation relevant to the search query comprises identifying a conversation that, as a whole, is relevant to the search query, wherein identifying a conversation relevant to the search query comprises identifying the first term in a first message of the conversation, identifying the second term in a second message of the conversation but not in the first message and not identifying the first term in the second message, the second message being distinct from the first message; and returning to the client for display, as a search result for the search query, conversation information corresponding to the identified conversation.