Automatically generating suggested queries in a social network environment
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1. A method comprising, by one or more computing systems:
- receiving, at a query form associated with a social network environment, a request from a first user of the social network environment, the request comprising a character string of one or more characters of text entered by the first user;
identifying, by the one or more computing devices, one or more unique objects associated with the social network environment matching at least in part the character string of the request, wherein each identified object corresponds to a unique profile within the social network environment, and wherein each identified object has a name string matching at least in part the character string of the request; and
sending, to the query form for display to the first user, one or more suggested queries responsive to the request, each suggested query comprising the character string of the request and references to one or more of the name strings of one or more of the identified objects, respectively.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a query form associated with a social network environment, a request from a first user of the social network environment, the request comprising a character string entered by the first user, identifying objects associated with the social network environment matching at least in part the character string of the request, and sending, to the query form for display to the first user, one or more suggested queries responsive to the request, wherein each suggested query comprises the character string of the request and references to one or more of the identified objects.
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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising, by one or more computing systems:
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receiving, at a query form associated with a social network environment, a request from a first user of the social network environment, the request comprising a character string of one or more characters of text entered by the first user; identifying, by the one or more computing devices, one or more unique objects associated with the social network environment matching at least in part the character string of the request, wherein each identified object corresponds to a unique profile within the social network environment, and wherein each identified object has a name string matching at least in part the character string of the request; and sending, to the query form for display to the first user, one or more suggested queries responsive to the request, each suggested query comprising the character string of the request and references to one or more of the name strings of one or more of the identified objects, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21)
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19. A system comprising:
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logic encoded in one or more computer-readable tangible storage media that, when executed by the one or more processors, is operable to;receive, at a query form associated with a social network environment, a request from a first user of the social network environment, the request comprising a character string of one or more characters of text entered by the first user; identify, by the one or more computing devices, one or more unique objects associated with the social network environment matching at least in part the character string of the request wherein each identified object corresponds to a unique profile within the social network environment, and wherein each identified object has a name string matching at least in part the character string of the request; and send, to the query form for display to the first user, one or more suggested queries responsive to the request, each suggested query comprising the character string of the request and references to one or more of the name strings of one or more of the identified objects, respectively.
- one or more processors; and
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20. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:
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receive, at a query form associated with a social network environment, a request from a first user of the social network environment, the request comprising a character string of one or more characters of text entered by the first user; identify, by the one or more computing devices, one or more unique objects associated with the social network environment matching at least in part the character string of the request wherein each identified object corresponds to a unique profile within the social network environment, and wherein each identified object has a name string matching at least in part the character string of the request; and send, to the query form for display to the first user, one or more suggested queries responsive to the request, each suggested query comprising the character string of the request and references to one or more of the name strings of one or more of the identified objects, respectively.
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