Patent ID: 7979425
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, implemented by a server computer system, for matching text queries to corresponding numerical queries, the method comprising: receiving, at the server computer system, a plurality of text queries, the text queries having been submitted to a search engine by a plurality of different users; translating, by the server computer system, each text query of the plurality of text queries into a numerical representation, the translation including mapping text symbols that form each text query into numbers in accordance with a keypad standard that specifies associations between the text symbols and the numbers, wherein at least some of the text queries translate into the same numerical representation; identifying, by the server computer system, a primary mapping for each numerical representation, the primary mapping being a single text query having a highest frequency of occurrence from amongst the text queries in the plurality of text queries that translate into the respective numerical representation; and outputting, from the server computer system, the primary mapping of a particular numerical representation in response to receiving a numeric query that comprises the particular numerical representation from a remote device comprising a keypad mapped in accordance with the keypad standard.