Patent ID: 7779009
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, performed at least partially on a computer, for enabling satisfaction of a search responsive to a query based on classification of the query, the method comprising: receiving, from user input, a query phrase; parsing the received query phrase into at least a first constituent part and a second constituent part; determining definitional information of the first constituent part; determining a first category associated with the received query phrase by performing a first classification process that uses the determined definitional information of the first constituent part and the second constituent part, the first classification process including: determining a second category associated with the received query phrase by performing a second classification process that uses the determined definitional information of 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: identifying at least one search resource for satisfying the received query phrase based on the associated category; and routing the received query phrase to the at least one identified search resource.