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SMART SEARCH REFINEMENT

  • US 20150074101A1
  • Filed: 09/10/2013
  • Published: 03/12/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2013
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

  • receiving an initial search request from a computer-readable user profile;

    presenting at least a portion of a set of initial search results in response to receiving the initial search request, the initial search results including representations of searchable items that are responsive to the initial search request, each of the searchable items being a computer-readable data structure;

    presenting a search refinement indicator in response to receiving the initial search request; and

    in response to a user input from the user profile selecting the refinement indicator, presenting at least a portion of a set of refined search results, the refined search results being a subset of the initial search results representing searchable items that meet requirements comprising a set of pre-defined smart refinement requirements of the refinement indicator, the set of pre-defined smart refinement requirements being selected from a group consisting of the following;

    a complex query requirement set, the complex query requirement set specifying requirements for multiple different aspects of a searchable item that are to be met for a corresponding searchable item representation to be included in the refined search results;

    a user action requirement set, the user action requirement set specifying at least one requirement for a user action set comprising one or more user actions on a searchable item, and the user action requirement set further specifying at least one relationship of the user action set to the user profile for a corresponding searchable item representation to be included in the refined search results;

    a user profile relationship requirement set specifying at least one requirement for a user profile relationship set comprising one or more relationships between the user profile and one or more other user profiles for one or more searchable item representations corresponding to one or more searchable items related to those one or more other user profiles to be included in the refined search results;

    an excluded item requirement set comprising one or more identifiers of one or more specific searchable items whose representations are to be excluded from the refined search results;

    an included item requirement set comprising one or more identifiers of one or more specific searchable items whose representations are to be included in the refined search results if representations of those specific searchable items are included in the initial search results; and

    combinations of the complex query requirement set, the user action requirement set, the user profile relationship requirement set, the excluded item requirement set, and the included item requirement set.

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