Patent Document ID: 9251217
Application ID: 13755919

Base Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a search query from a member of a social network; identifying two or more categories of data within the social network that include information satisfying the received search query; ranking the identified two or more categories of data based on a selection criteria associated with the member of the social network and including a quality metric assigned to the information satisfying the received search query within the categories of data, the quality metric including: a percentage of users who have previously selected the at least one search query suggestion; and a percentage of users who have previously selected displayed results associated with the search query; and presenting at least one search query suggestion based on the ranking of the identified categories of data within the social network.

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Claim 3:
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein ranking the identified two or more categories of data based on a selection criteria includes ranking the identified two or more categories of data based on activities performed by the member within the social network.