Patent ID: 8965909
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: in response to receiving a first search query, determining search results from a data set, wherein the search results is a strict subset of the data set; after determining the search results and in response to receiving a second search query that comprises the first search query and one or more additional characters, searching only the search results based on the second search query; as a result of searching only the search results based on the second search query, identifying a first strict subset of the search results; wherein each search result in the first strict subset satisfies the second search query; in response to identifying the first strict subset, storing a first set of references, wherein each reference in the first set of references refers to a different search result in the first strict subset of the search results; wherein the number of references in the first set of references is the same as the number of search results in the first strict subset; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.