Patent Document ID: 7818316
Application ID: 11612100

Base Claim:
1. A variable density query processing method comprising: receiving a query string for processing against a keyword searchable content index disposed in a host computing platform; processing the query string in the host computing platform to produce a plurality of entries in a result set for the query string; computing a result set size for the result set in the host computing platform; determining a density corresponding to the computed result set size in the host computing platform; limiting each entry in the result set to the determined density in the host computing platform; and, rendering the result set.

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Claim 3:
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: modifying the query string; and, responsive to modifying the query string, (1) processing the modified query string to produce a plurality of entries in a different result set for the modified query string, (2) computing a result set size for the different result set, (3), determining a density corresponding to the computed result set size, (4) limiting each entry in the different result set to the determined density, and (5) rendering the different result set.