Patent ID: 8719246

Claim:
A method of presenting a suggested search query as an option to be submitted to a search system, the method comprising: applying a machine-learning technique to train a classifier to assign a classification to a search query, wherein training the classifier generates a machine-learned algorithm; receiving a user-devised search parameter; responsive to receiving the user-devised search parameter, identifying the suggested search query that is presented regardless of whether the suggested search query matches any portion of the user-devised search parameter; applying the machine-learned algorithm to the suggested search query to identify a classification, which describes a type of search results that would be generated if the suggested search query is submitted to a search engine, wherein the machine-learned algorithm is applied by the classifier; causing the suggested search query to be presented together with a visual indicator, which suggests the classification of the suggested search query; wherein the visual indicator indicates that the suggested search query is a trending search query, which has been received by a search system in a quantity that is higher than an average submission rate.