SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF SEARCH SUGGESTIONS BASED ON RECENT OPERATOR BEHAVIOR
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- parsing content of an opened web document to identify one or more significant terms contained therein;
storing the one or more significant terms within a datastore;
detecting a search request to locate a document containing an entered search term;
finding one or more similar terms from among the one or more significant terms within the datastore; and
outputting the one or more similar terms for selection thereof to replace the entered search term when conducting the search request, wherein a selected similar term is searched in lieu of the entered search term.
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Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for enhancing the usability of web browsers by analyzing the recent behavior of an operator while executing a search pattern on a computer network. A search history and indexing datastore is defined and associated with the web document parser. The web document parser parses through each returned web page for significant terms that may be of later importance to the user. These terms are then forwarded to the datastore and indexed along with the search term to later provide a historical guide to identify the user'"'"'s areas/topics of interest. When a search term is entered within the web browser, the search terms is compared against the index of terms for similar terms. The similar terms found are ranked according to closeness to the entered search term, and the ranked terms outputted to the user for possible selection in lieu of the search term.
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15 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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parsing content of an opened web document to identify one or more significant terms contained therein; storing the one or more significant terms within a datastore; detecting a search request to locate a document containing an entered search term; finding one or more similar terms from among the one or more significant terms within the datastore; and outputting the one or more similar terms for selection thereof to replace the entered search term when conducting the search request, wherein a selected similar term is searched in lieu of the entered search term. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable medium; and program code on the computer readable medium that when executed provides the function of; parsing content of an opened web document to identify one or more significant terms contained therein; storing the one or more significant terms within a datastore; detecting a search request to locate a document containing an entered search term; finding one or more similar terms from among the one or more significant terms within the datastore; and outputting the one or more similar terms for selection thereof to replace the entered search term when conducting the search request, wherein a selected similar term is searched in lieu of the entered search term. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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a processor; a datastore; and a browser enhancement utility having program code hat when executed on the processor provides the function of; parsing content of an opened web document to identify one or more significant terms contained therein; storing the one or more significant terms within a datastore; detecting a search request to locate a document containing an entered search term; finding one or more similar terms from among the one or more significant terms within the datastore; and outputting the one or more similar terms for selection thereof to replace the entered search term when conducting the search request, wherein a selected similar term is searched in lieu of the entered search term. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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