Patent ID: 8190601

Claim:
One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for automatically organizing search results according to task groups, the method comprising: aggregating a gallery of entities into a query class, wherein the gallery of entities corresponds to queries that share a common categorization; assigning a dictionary to the query class, wherein the dictionary comprises a list of terms that are drawn from one or more sources; identifying the task groups from the list of terms within the dictionary by utilizing a process comprising: (a) analyzing patterns of user search behavior, based on historical user click-through data, to select one or more terms from the list of terms that reflect popular user search intents; (b) ranking the one or more terms based on predetermined parameters to produce an ordering; and (c) based on the ordering, declaring a set of the one or more terms that are highest ranked the task groups; and at least temporarily, storing on the one or more computer-readable media the task groups in association with the query class.