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QUERY SUGGESTION FOR E-COMMERCE SITES

  • US 20150142827A1
  • Filed: 01/27/2015
  • Published: 05/21/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing query suggestions for a user comprising:

  • receiving a query log of client machine sessions on a publication system, at least one session comprising a plurality of queries, query transitions and a purchase-related event;

    generating by at least one computer processor transition scores comprising scores for ordered pairs of the plurality of queries based on transition from a query of an ordered pair to the purchase-related event;

    building a set of query suggestions from the transition scores by a score accumulation process;

    computing similarity scores for the set of query suggestions to determine whether a similarity score for at least one member of the set of query suggestions meets a threshold; and

    providing to a client machine a list of query suggestions including query suggestions that meet the threshold.

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