Patent Document ID: 9703868
Application ID: 14311721

Base Claim:
1. One or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform a method for reconciling query results, the method comprising: at a computing device, receiving a search query comprising a word having a first spelling; comparing the first spelling to content stored locally on the computing device and, based on the comparison, generating a first alternate spelling suggestion; providing the first alternate spelling suggestion as an alternate search query against the content stored locally on the computing device and, based on the alternate search query and the content stored locally on the computing device, determining a first query result; receiving a second query result that is based on web-based content and on a spell-check tool associated with the web-based content; assigning confidence values to each of the first query result and the second query result, the confidence values representing a likelihood that the respective query result is reflective of an intent of the received search query, wherein the confidence values are assigned based on a search pattern associated with a user of the computing device; determining one of the first query result or the second query result is a more responsive query result for the search query; and providing for display a descriptor for the more responsive query result and an indication of whether the more responsive query result is associated with the content stored locally on the computing device or with the web-based content.

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Claim 4:
4. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1 , wherein the second query result is one of an indication that the first spelling for the search query is correct, a second alternate spelling suggestion for the received search query, or a null result.