Patent Document ID: 8429184
Application ID: 12801534

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving from a user a first search query consisting of one or more first query terms; receiving from the user an indication of a desired level of personalization of refinement options for the first search query; responsively to the first search query, generating a set of one or more refinement terms at least in part responsively to the indication; presenting the set of refinement terms to the user; responsively to a selection of at least one of the refinement terms by the user, adding the selected at least one refinement term to the first search query to generate a second search query; and presenting search results to the user responsively to the second search query.

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Claim 2:
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the set of refinement terms includes one or more primary refinement terms, and one or more secondary refinement terms associated with at least one of the one or more primary refinement terms, and wherein presenting the set of refinement terms comprises presenting the primary and secondary refinement terms.