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Third party search applications for a search system

  • US 10,019,484 B2
  • Filed: 08/06/2013
  • Issued: 07/10/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • generating, using at least one processor of a search system, first answers for a query from an inverted index for a document corpus;

    determining, using the at least one processor, that the query corresponds to a query template, the query template being a regular expression with a variable portion that corresponds to a parameter;

    extracting a parameter value from the query that corresponds to the portion of the query that matches the parameter;

    generating, using the at least one processor of the search system, a third-party formatted natural language answer for the query by executing computer-language instructions obtained from the third party for using the parameter value to generate the natural language answer and for formatting the natural language answer, the executing occurring in a sandboxed environment; and

    providing the third-party formatted natural language answer with the first answers as a search result for the query,wherein the query template and the computer-language instructions are stored at the search system as a third party search application, which extracts the parameter value and generates the third party formatted natural language answer without communicating with a third party site.

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