Patent ID: 8768908
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving multiple search terms in a query; identifying, automatically without user input, a first group of categories applicable to a first search term of the multiple search terms; identifying, automatically without user input, a second group of categories applicable to a second search term of the multiple search terms, the second search term being different than the first search term, and the second group of categories being different than the first group of categories; determining, automatically without user input, that a category is included in both the first group of categories and the second group of categories; supplementing the query with one or more keywords related to the determined category; performing, using at least one processor, a search using the supplemented query to obtain search results; and identifying search results responsive to the supplemented query.