Patent Document ID: 8156109
Application ID: 12916330

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method performed at a server system for processing a search query, comprising: receiving at the server system a portion of the search query from a search requestor at a client system that is distinct from the server system; at the server system, responding to receiving the portion of the search query, including: predicting from the portion of the search query a plurality of predicted queries; selecting one or more of the plurality of predicted queries; obtaining search results for the selected one or more predicted queries; selecting one or more of the obtained search results; and transmitting the selected one or more predicted queries and the selected one or more of the obtained search results to the search requestor at the client system.

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Claim 6:
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting includes selecting and ordering a subset of the predicted queries and the transmitting comprises transmitting the selected and ordered subset of the predicted queries and the selected one or more of the obtained search results to the search requestor at the client system.