Patent Document ID: 8326826
Application ID: 12354426

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: selecting a candidate query in a query sequence stored in a query log, the query sequence including an initial query and one or more revised queries and defining an order in which the queries were submitted for a search session; selecting a revised query subsequent to the candidate query in the order; determining a quality score for the revised query; determining a navigation score for the revised query; and determining that the quality score for the revised query is greater than a quality score threshold and that the navigation score for the revised query is greater than a navigation score threshold, and in response: identifying a navigational resource for the revised query; and associating the navigational resource with the candidate query, the association specifying the navigational resource as being relevant to the candidate query in a search operation.

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Claim 15:
15. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the search operation, responsive to receiving an input query, generates a set search results responsive to the input query, each search result including a corresponding resource locator that specifies the location of a corresponding resource and ranked according to a first order, and further comprising: receiving from a search session an input query for the search operation; determining that the input query matches the candidate query and determining that one of the search results includes a corresponding resource locator referencing the navigational resource, and in response increasing the rank of the search result that includes the resource locator referencing the navigational resource to rank the search results according to a second order; and providing the set of search results ranked according to the second order for the search session.