Patent Document ID: 7933864
Application ID: 12886422

Base Claim:
1. A method of managing forums, the method comprising: receiving a search string for searching an electronic catalog of items, the search string including a plurality of search terms; and generating a forum based on at least one search term included in the search string received for searching the electronic catalog of items, the generating to include: creating a plurality of variations of the search string, each of the plurality of variations including at least one search term and a weight; aggregating the weights for each variation to create a variation aggregate score; and creating the forum for variations when the associated variation aggregate score reaches a threshold value.

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Claim 2:
2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein generating variations of the search string includes at least one of replacing one of the plurality of search terms with an alternatively spelled search term, replacing one of the plurality of search terms with a synonym of the search term, or modifying arrangement of the plurality of search terms.