Patent Document ID: 8458213
Application ID: 13037182

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: processing a query to identify a set of item listings, each item listing associated with an item or service being offered and assigned to a leaf-level category; determining a scope of the query based on a dictionary of queries or a length of the query when the query is not found in the dictionary; identifying one or more categories based on the scope of the query; and presenting a search results page with the item listings from the identified one or more categories.

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Claim 3:
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising: calculating a category boost score for the identified one or more categories for use in determining the order in which the item listings are to be presented in the search results page; and presenting the search results page with the item listings ordered based in part on the category boost score for identified one or more categories to which each item listing is assigned.