Patent Document ID: 8452747
Application ID: 12876724

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising steps of: locating, within a stored log of queries that were previously submitted to a search engine, a log entry that specifies query terms; and in response to locating said log entry, adding, to a stored set of questions that is maintained by a question-and-answer system that is separate from the search engine, a new question that is based on said query terms; based on the new question being present in the stored set of questions, presenting to a first user of the question-and-answer system a web page that contains the new question, an answer to the new question that was provided by a second user, and a mechanism by which the first user may post another answer to the new question; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

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Claim 6:
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the stored set of questions contains one or more questions that one or more human users submitted directly to said question-and-answer system.