Patent Document ID: 8751520
Application ID: 12979575

Base Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving an initial query; identifying one or more additional queries related to the initial query; determining a respective utility measure for each of the one or more additional queries, wherein the utility measure represents a likelihood that an additional query would be a final query in a series of query refinements from the initial query issued in a query session; selecting an additional query from the one or more identified additional queries having a highest utility measure among the one or more identified additional queries; identifying one or more content items for the selected additional query; generating a content block comprising one or more content items identified for the selected additional query; and providing the content block to a client device to be displayed along with search results associated with the initial query.

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Claim 3:
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the additional query includes one or more terms from the initial query.