Patent ID: 8037071
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of searching for and presenting content items as an arrangement of one or more concept clusters to facilitate further search and navigation using at least one of a display-constrained display device and/or an input-constrained input device, the method comprising: accessing an electronically-readable storage medium containing a candidate set of content items; organizing at least some content items of the candidate set of content items into a hierarchical set of concept clusters, receiving user input comprising more than one search term; identifying a concept cluster in the hierarchical set of concept clusters that has one or more cluster identifiers matching the user input, wherein the concept cluster in the hierarchical set of concept clusters having one or more cluster identifiers matching the user input is a parent cluster of a child cluster having a child cluster identifier; generating a flattened cluster based on a combination of the parent cluster in the hierarchical set of concept clusters having one or more cluster identifiers matching the user input and the child cluster of the parent cluster in the hierarchical set of concept clusters having one or more cluster identifiers matching the user input; and presenting the flattened cluster on the display device.