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Search query processing to identify related search terms and to correct misspellings of search terms

  • US 20050071332A1
  • Filed: 11/03/2004
  • Published: 03/31/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of processing search query submissions, comprising:

  • receiving a multi-term search query submitted by a user to search a repository of items, said search query comprising a matching term and a non-matching term; and

    programmatically selecting an alternative term to use in place of the non-matching term, taking into consideration a degree to which the non-matching term and the alternative term are similar in spelling, and further taking into consideration at least one of (a) a frequency with which the matching term and the alternative term have occurred in combination within prior search query submissions of users, and (b) a frequency with which the matching term and the alternative term occur in combination within said repository of items.

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