METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEMANTIC SEARCH AGAINST A DOCUMENT COLLECTION

• US 20130232171A1
• Filed: 04/24/2013
• Published: 09/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Linkedln Corporation
• Inventors: Tunkelang, Daniel, Cheng, Heyning
• Granted Patent: US 9,116,948 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/771
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/242 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/243 Natural language query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/284 Relational databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 7/00 Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled logic circuits H03K19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

Disclosed in one example is a method for searching. In some examples, the method includes receiving an unstructured search query, parsing the unstructured search query into a plurality of structured search attributes using a search term attribute dictionary, performing a search of a structured database based upon the plurality of structured search attributes to identify a plurality of search results, populating a plurality of form fields of a search form with the plurality of structured search attributes, and displaying the search form in association with the search results.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an unstructured search query;

parsing the unstructured search query into a plurality of structured search attributes using a search term attribute dictionary;

performing a search of a structured database based upon the plurality of structured search attributes to identify a plurality of search results;

populating a plurality of form fields of a search form with the plurality of structured search attributes; and

displaying the search form in association with the search results.