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Web Query Classification

  • US 20100299290A1
  • Filed: 08/02/2010
  • Published: 11/25/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, performed at least partially on a computer, for enabling satisfaction of a search responsive to a query based on classification of the query, the method comprising:

  • receiving, from user input, a query phrase;

    parsing the received query phrase into constituent parts;

    accessing, from classification information stored in a computer storage medium that includes patterns of query phrases, a pattern that is associated with at least one category;

    determining whether a constituent part parsed from the received query phrase corresponds to at least a subportion of an accessed pattern;

    based on a determination that a constituent part parsed from the received query phrase corresponds to at least a subportion of an accessed pattern, associating the category that is associated with the pattern also with the query phrase or the constituent part; and

    identifying at least one search resource for satisfying the query phrase based on the associated category.

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