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Method and system for processing search requests

  • US 8,112,431 B2
  • Filed: 04/03/2008
  • Issued: 02/07/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving a term of a search request;

    identifying the term as a meta-keyword, the meta-keyword having a relationship with one or more different words, the relationship being an “

    is-a”

    relationship between the one or more different words and the meta-keyword;

    obtaining a plurality of linguistically transformed keywords associated with the meta-keyword;

    performing a search using the plurality of the linguistically transformed keywords to obtain a result; and

    providing the result to a client machine for presentation, the result being provided in a plurality of tabbed pages, a first tabbed page of the plurality of tabbed pages including a first linguistically transformed keyword of the plurality of linguistically transformed keywords and a first portion of the result corresponding to the first linguistically transformed keyword, a second tabbed page of the plurality of tabbed pages including a second linguistically transformed keyword of the plurality of linguistically transformed keywords and second portion of the results corresponding to the second linguistically transformed keyword, wherein the plurality of the linguistically transformed keywords comprises at least one of a hyponym keyword, a hypernym keyword, a meronym keyword, a holonym keyword, a derived keyword, a sounds-like keyword, or combinations thereof.

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