Patent Document ID: 8583681
Application ID: 13552762

Base Claim:
1. A method for filtering keywords, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor, a first set of keywords; determining, by the processor, a first set of numbers associated with a first metric relating to the first set of keywords, wherein the first metric relates to one of value, volume or rank of a respective keyword in the first set of keywords; determining, by the processor, a second set of numbers associated with a second metric relating to the first set of keywords, wherein the second metric relates to another one of value, volume or rank of a respective keyword in the first set of keywords; assigning, by the processor, a first set of scores for the first set of keywords based on the first set of numbers; assigning, by the processor, a second set of scores for the first set of keywords based on the second set of numbers; and filtering, by the processor, the first set of keywords based on the first and second set of scores to produce a filtered set of keywords.

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Claim 5:
5. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein receiving the first set of keywords includes: receiving a third set of keywords; sending the third set of keywords to another processor effective to generate an expanded set of keywords based on the third set of keywords, wherein the first set of keywords includes a combination of the third set of keywords and the expanded set of keywords.