ENABLING MULTIDIMENSIONAL SEARCH ON NON-PC DEVICES
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented process for enabling multidimensional search capabilities, comprising:
- using one or more computing devices that are in communication with each other via a computer network to perform the following process actions;
receiving an original user query;
accessing a structured data repository to extract structured data that is available for the original user query, the extracted structured data representing attributes of the original user query; and
providing the extracted structured data in the form of a hierarchical menu for use in generating a revised user query.
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Abstract
Multidimensional search capabilities are enabled on a non-PC (personal computer) device being utilized by a user. An original query submitted by the user via the non-PC device is received. A structured data repository is accessed to extract structured data that is available for the original query, where the extracted structured data represents attributes of the original query. The extracted structured data is provided to the user in the form of a hierarchical menu which allows the user to interactively modify the original query, such modification resulting in a revised query.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented process for enabling multidimensional search capabilities, comprising:
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using one or more computing devices that are in communication with each other via a computer network to perform the following process actions; receiving an original user query; accessing a structured data repository to extract structured data that is available for the original user query, the extracted structured data representing attributes of the original user query; and providing the extracted structured data in the form of a hierarchical menu for use in generating a revised user query. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for processing user queries to a search service, comprising:
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one or more computing devices, said computing devices being in communication with each other via a computer network whenever there is a plurality of computing devices; and a computer program having program modules executable by the one or more computing devices, the one or more computing devices being directed by the program modules of the computer program to, receive an original user query, access a structured data repository to extract structured data that is available for the original user query, the extracted structured data representing attributes of the original user query, provide the extracted structured data in the form of a hierarchical menu for use in generating a revised user query, receive the revised user query, and submit the revised user query to the search service. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A computer-implemented process for allowing a user to search for particular information, comprising:
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using a computer to perform the following process actions; receiving an original user query; identifying entities and properties that are either explicitly or implicitly present in the original user query; for each identified entity, querying a structured data repository to identify types of said entity that are possible, and for each identified type of said entity that is possible, querying the structured data repository to identify properties of said type that are possible; for each identified property, querying the structured data repository to identify entities that could have said property; providing the identified entities, the identified types of each identified entity, the identified properties of each identified type of each identified entity, the identified properties, and the identified entities that could have each identified property to the user in the form of a hierarchical menu which allows the user to interactively modify the original user query by selecting at least one item from the hierarchical menu, such modification resulting in a revised user query; receiving an indication of a specific information category that the user wishes to search; submitting the revised user query and information category to a search service; receiving search results for the revised user query and information category from the search service; and providing the search results to the user.
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