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COMPARISON SEARCH QUERIES

  • US 20130311440A1
  • Filed: 05/15/2012
  • Published: 11/21/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for providing search results in response to a search query, comprising:

  • receiving, by a processor, a search query from a user;

    detecting, by the processor, that the search query includes a request for a comparison-mode query and the processor automatically detecting terms in the search query indicating that the query includes first and second components;

    decomposing the comparison-mode query into respective, individual component queries for the respective components; and

    performing the comparison-mode query, including;

    performing the respective component queries for the respective, individual components, including the processor finding a first individual result for each respective, individual component from a first, remote website, andpresenting automatically by the processor to the user in a search result page the individual results of the component queries, including aligning, on the search result page, the first result from the first website for the first component with the first result from the first website for the second component, so that the alignment of results from the first website tends to help the user compare the individual results, although the results from the first website are for respective, individual components.

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