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  • US 20030220917A1
  • Filed: 03/05/2003
  • Published: 11/27/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A content provider system, including:

  • a set of groups of term types;

    a predetermined set of terms, organized into the groups;

    a user interface, configured to interact with a user during a user-provider session that generates session context in which terms from the predetermined set of terms are recognized; and

    a set of search templates, ordered generally from approximately more specific toward approximately more general, each search template specifying a combination of one or more of the groups;

    a search generator, configured to use the session context for generating a search query from a corresponding search template, the search generator coupled to the user interface to present at least one of the search queries to the user; and

    a retrieval engine, coupled to the search generator for receiving one or more search queries and retrieving documents satisfying the one or more search queries.

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