Patent ID: 7788276
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a particular query comprising a plurality of words; determining stems to at least one of the words in the particular query; based on the stems of the plurality of words in the particular query, determining whether one or more stems of particular words in the particular query occurs in a dictionary comprising one or more transformations based upon stems of words; selecting, from the dictionary, one or more transformations of the one or more stems of the particular words; generating at least one candidate query that includes a transformation of one or more particular words; computing a value for each candidate query; selecting at least one candidate query to execute based upon the computed value for each candidate query; executing the particular query and the at least one selected candidate query to generate search results across a plurality of documents; and displaying at least a portion of the search results, wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.