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Extensible mechanism for grouping search results

  • US 8,271,493 B2
  • Filed: 10/11/2007
  • Issued: 09/18/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

  • selecting a metadata attribute having a set of values for grouping search results;

    determining values of the selected metadata attribute for a result set of items returned by a search process;

    identifying a first set of related items among the result set of items having a first attribute value for the selected metadata attribute and a second set of related items among the result set of items having a second attribute value for the selected metadata attribute; and

    displaying the result set of items in a first group comprising the first set of related items and a second group comprising the second set of related items.

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