Patent Document ID: 8046347
Application ID: 12765676

Base Claim:
1. A computer implemented method comprising: receiving at a server a partial query submitted at a remote user client system by a user seeking search results related to the submitted partial query, the partial query comprising one or more partial words forming an abbreviated or incomplete search query; storing information based on previously submitted queries received at the server; determining at the server a full query as the most frequently submitted, previously-submitted query received at the server that matches the partial words of the partial query; and at the server, submitting the full query to a search engine as a request for search results desired by the user; receiving, at the server, search results from the search engine that match the full query; and from the server, presenting the received search results to the user.

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Claim 2:
2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising determining an alternative query based on the partial query; and presenting the alternative query to the user.