Patent ID: 8965882
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: accessing, by one or more computers, query log data that identifies, for an initial search query: determining, by the one or more computers, that the particular search result includes a particular synonym of the one or more synonyms for the query term that are included in the revised search query; determining, by the one or more computers, that the particular search result includes neither (i) the query term included in the initial search query nor (ii) any of the one or more synonyms for the query term other than the particular synonym; in response to determining that the particular search result includes the particular synonym of the one or more synonyms for the query term that are included in the revised search query, and in response to determining that the particular search result includes neither (i) the query term included in the initial search query nor (ii) any of the one or more synonyms for the query term other than the particular synonym, adjusting, by the one or more computers, a crucial click count for a synonym rule that corresponds to the particular synonym; and determining, by the one or more computers and based at least on the crucial click count for the synonym rule that corresponds to the particular synonym, whether to revise a search query using the synonym rule that corresponds to the particular synonym.