Patent Document ID: 7840577
Application ID: 11326629

Base Claim:
1. A system for processing search query submissions, the system comprising: a data set that maps individual terms to sets of related terms, said data set stored in a computer memory and being based at least partly on a term co-occurrence analysis, said data set comprising a plurality of entries, each of which maps an individual term to a respective set of related terms; and a query processing system that uses the data set to identify alternative spellings of misspelled search terms of multiple-term search queries, said query processing system comprising computer hardware that executes software.

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Claim 15:
15. The system as in claim 1 , further comprising a component that generates the data set, at least in-part, by measuring a degree to which particular search terms co-occur in search query submission of users, said component operative to weight some search query submissions differently than others based on user actions performed in connection with corresponding search query results.