Patent ID: 8924410
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of processing a current user query, comprising: maintaining, by a computer system, a model comprising a plurality of entries, each entry of the model comprising a plurality of query features, a query intent, and an indication of a statistical association between the query feature and the query intent, wherein the plurality of query features comprise a query token, a stem for the query token, and a concept represented by the query token; receiving, at the computer system, an initial portion of the current user query, the initial portion including a particular string of text; guessing, by the computer system, an intent associated with the initial portion of the current user query while a remainder of the current user query is being received, wherein said guessing is based at least in part on the received initial portion, the query features of the entries of the model, and the indications of statistical association between the query features and the query intents of the model and comprises: responding, by the computer system, to the initial portion of the current user query with the plurality of intent guesses including the modified parameterized intent guess.