Patent Document ID: 8799270
Application ID: 13616768

Base Claim:
1. A method comprising: analyzing, by a processor in a computer system, query logs to identify a pair of queries that are the same except that a first query, in the pair of queries, includes an extra term that is not included in a second query in the pair of queries; identifying, by a processor in the computer system, whether the pair of queries is associated with a quantity of search results that are common between the pair of queries; identifying, by a processor in the computer system, the extra term as a term that is not significant when the pair of queries is associated with at least a first threshold quantity of search results that are common between the pair of queries; processing, by a processor in the computer system, a query that includes the extra term to form a modified query when the extra term is identified as a term that is not significant; and identifying, by a processor in the computer system, search results based on the modified query when the extra term is identified as a term that is not significant.

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Claim 7:
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: identifying, based on processing the query, one or more documents based on the query; scoring the one or more identified documents, where the extra term, when identified as not significant, contributes an amount that is greater than zero and that is less than an amount contributed by another term of the query to a score of one of the one or more identified documents; and providing a list of search results based on the one or more identified documents and the scoring.