Patent ID: 8484184

Claim:
A method for providing search assistance, comprising: receiving at least a partial search query input by a user to a search engine; predicting that the received at least a partial search query is a navigational query input by the user to navigate to a particular website, said predicting including identifying a plurality of search queries in a history of search queries that include the received at least a partial search query, and comparing click-related data values of clicked web pages associated with the identified search queries to determine that the received at least a partial search query is a navigational query; selecting a web address based on the predicted navigational query, the selected web address being a web address for a clicked web page associated with a search query of the identified search queries determined to be a navigational query by said comparing; generating a search assistance list that includes the selected web address; and enabling the search assistance list to be displayed to the user in response to the received at least a partial search query.