Patent ID: 8126893
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: identifying, by one or more processors, preexisting lists of items within one or more documents available on a network, where each of the identified lists includes a plurality of items and at least one of the items is searched; receiving, by the one or more processors, a plurality of example items from a client; determining, by the one or more processors, a probability that each of a plurality of the identified lists is associated with the example items; assigning, by the one or more processors, a weight to each item of the plurality of identified lists based on the probability that each of a plurality of the identified lists is associated with the example items; forming, by the one or more processors, a list from items in the plurality of the identified lists based on the determined probabilities and the assigned weights; and providing, by the one or more processors, the list to the client.