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Server-side match

  • US 7,979,425 B2
  • Filed: 10/25/2006
  • Issued: 07/12/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, implemented by a server computer system, for matching text queries to corresponding numerical queries, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at the server computer system, a plurality of text queries, the text queries having been submitted to a search engine by a plurality of different users;

    translating, by the server computer system, each text query of the plurality of text queries into a numerical representation, the translation including mapping text symbols that form each text query into numbers in accordance with a keypad standard that specifies associations between the text symbols and the numbers, wherein at least some of the text queries translate into the same numerical representation;

    identifying, by the server computer system, a primary mapping for each numerical representation, the primary mapping being a single text query having a highest frequency of occurrence from amongst the text queries in the plurality of text queries that translate into the respective numerical representation; and

    outputting, from the server computer system, the primary mapping of a particular numerical representation in response to receiving a numeric query that comprises the particular numerical representation from a remote device comprising a keypad mapped in accordance with the keypad standard.

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