Patent ID: 8166036
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for enabling satisfaction of a search responsive to a query based on classification of the query, the method comprising: receiving, based on user input, a query phrase; parsing, with a processor, the received query phrase into at least a first constituent part and a second constituent part; determining, with a processor, a first category associated with the received query phrase by performing a first classification process that uses the first constituent part and the second constituent part, wherein the first classification process includes: determining a second category associated with the received query phrase by performing a second classification process that uses the first constituent part and the second constituent part, the second classification process being different than the first classification process; determining whether the first category determined by the first classification process matches the second category determined by the second classification process; in response to a determination that the first category matches the second category, associating the received query phrase with a category that corresponds to the first category and the second category; in response to a determination that the first category does not match the second category: processing the received query phrase based on the associated category.