Patent Document ID: 8055605
Application ID: 12776833

Base Claim:
1. A method for interactive searching, comprising: receiving, by a computing device, a search query; identifying, by the computing device, in the received search query at least one parameter that corresponds to a location dimension in a suggestion space; interrogating, by the computing device, the suggestion space to determine scope change search results based on a scope change search criteria; creating, by the computing device, a smart tip that represents the scope change search results, wherein the smart tip comprises a recommendation to change the search query and wherein the recommendation includes at least one child of the location dimension and at least one parent of the location dimension; and outputting, by the computing device, an executable suggestion based on the smart tip.

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Claim 5:
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said outputting an executable suggestion comprises transmitting data configured to display the executable suggestion.