Patent Document ID: 8326826
Application ID: 12354426

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: selecting a candidate query in a query sequence stored in a query log, the query sequence including an initial query and one or more revised queries and defining an order in which the queries were submitted for a search session; selecting a revised query subsequent to the candidate query in the order; determining a quality score for the revised query; determining a navigation score for the revised query; and determining that the quality score for the revised query is greater than a quality score threshold and that the navigation score for the revised query is greater than a navigation score threshold, and in response: identifying a navigational resource for the revised query; and associating the navigational resource with the candidate query, the association specifying the navigational resource as being relevant to the candidate query in a search operation.

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Claim 10:
10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining a navigation score for the revised query comprises: determining a traffic proportion for each resource identified by a search engine in response to the revised query, the traffic proportion being a proportion of traffic from search results generated in response to the query; and the navigation score threshold is a traffic proportion threshold.