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Extensible mechanism for grouping search results

  • US 20090100039A1
  • Filed: 10/11/2007
  • Published: 04/16/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

  • identifying, in a set of items provided by a search process, a subset of items to group, the set of items being identified by the search process as being relevant to a search request provided to the search process; and

    selectively grouping a first member of the subset of items with a second member of the subset of items upon determining that a comparison of a metadata attribute of the first member and a metadata attribute of the second member indicates that the first member and the second member are to be treated as members of a group.

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