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User-friendly search results display system, method, and computer program product

  • US 7,124,148 B2
  • Filed: 07/31/2003
  • Issued: 10/17/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for presenting a plurality of search result records from a query comprising:

  • defining a shared attribute, that was not used in the query, based on values common to a plurality of search result records,wherein defining includes;

    determining a first set of defined values for a first attribute,determining a second set of defined values for a second attribute, andclassifying the first attribute and the second attribute as a single shared attribute if the first set of defined values and the second set of defined values share a common set of defined values;

    creating a category corresponding to a value of the shared attribute,wherein creating a category includes;

    determining a first number of search result records corresponding to a first category,determining a second number of search result records corresponding to a second category, andcombining the first category and the second category into a new category if the sum of the first number and the second number is less than a predetermined threshold;

    displaying the category; and

    displaying a list of the search result records associated with the displayed category.

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