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Search history visual representation

  • US 20070043706A1
  • Filed: 08/18/2005
  • Published: 02/22/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. In a computerized search system, wherein users of client computing devices submit queries to one or more search engines and the one or more search engines return search results comprising hits from a corpus over which the searchers are done, a method of facilitating user entry of search queries at the client computing devices, the method comprising:

  • identifying an initial user context;

    using the initial user context as a filter of a search query log, wherein the search query log comprises electronically stored records of prior search queries wherein at least some of the records are of search queries having associated search types;

    presenting to the user a set of filtered prior searches from the search query log including an indication of a search type for at least some of the filtered prior searches, thereby prompting the user as to prior searches; and

    accepting input from the user representing a current search query developed by the user in response to review of the set of filtered prior searches.

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