Patent ID: 8380697
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of identifying messages on a social networking messaging service, comprising: receiving a search query using a message classification system, where the search query comprises at least one search query term; calculating a plurality of query scores for the search query with respect to a plurality of categories using the message classification system, where: storing the plurality of query scores for the search query with respect to the plurality of categories using the message classification system; identifying at least one category relevant to the search query based on the plurality of stored query scores using the message classification system; retrieving and scoring messages from a social messaging service based upon the search query and the identified at least one category relevant to the search query using the message classification system, where retrieving and scoring messages with respect to the search query and a particular category from the identified at least one category identified as being relevant to the search query using the message classification system comprises: returning at least one of the retrieved messages as the search result based at least in part on the retrieved message scores using the message classification system.