Patent Document ID: 7502781
Application ID: 10768594
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method implemented at least in part by a computing device, the method comprising: receiving a user-submitted search phrase having one or more words; (a) the computing device identifying any of a plurality of resources having keywords that match the user-submitted search phrase; (b) if step (a) identifies no resource, the computing device, without further input from a user, identifying any of the plurality of resources having keywords that phonetically match the user-submitted search phrase; and (c) if step (b) identifies no resource, the computing device, without further input from a user, performing any one or more of additional searches comprising: a modified phonetic search to identify any resources having keywords that phonetically match singularized or pluralized forms of one or more of the keywords that are contained in the user-submitted search phrase; a phonetic nearness search to identify any resources having keywords that are phonetically near the search phrase; and an alphabetic nearness search to identify any resources having keywords that are alphabetically near the search phrase.