Patent Document ID: 9984151
Application ID: 14588290

Base Claim:
1. A computer system comprising: a processor; a memory device holding an instruction set executable on the processor to cause the computer system to perform operations comprising: receiving a query in a user session, the query comprising one or more search parameters; detecting, in the user session and after receiving the query, a user event associated with an item in search results for the query; determining a property associated with the item in the search results; creating a refinement comprising an association between the property and the one or more search parameters, wherein refinements record hierarchical associations between properties of items and a corresponding one or more search parameters, and wherein the association between the property and the one or more search parameters is associated with a score that is updated based on a plurality of user actions, wherein the score is updated based on changing the score; and ranking search results for a subsequent query based on a plurality of refinements comprising the refinement.

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Claim 6:
6. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein a first plurality of refinements comprising the refinement is stored separately from a second plurality of refinements, such that the first plurality of refinements is associated with a first class of users and the second plurality of refinements is associated with a second class of users.