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Query modification based on non-textual resource context

  • US 9,830,391 B1
  • Filed: 06/24/2014
  • Issued: 11/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method implemented in a data processing apparatus, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at a data processing apparatus including one or more hardware processors, a query from a user device, the query including a plurality of terms input by a user, the user device displaying plurality of active non-textual data elements in an active window of an application environment when the user input the query;

    determining, by the data processing apparatus, that the query is an ambiguous query and that the user device is displaying the active non-textual data elements that were displayed when the query was input and in response;

    identifying, by the data processing apparatus, the active non-textual data displayed in the application environment on the user device;

    automatically determining, by the data processing apparatus, for each of the active non-textual data elements, modification data from the active non-textual data element for the query;

    automatically generating, by the data processing apparatus, for each modification data for each active non-textual data element, a set of modified queries based on the query and the modification data;

    automatically scoring, by the data processing apparatus, the modified queries according to one or more scoring criteria;

    automatically selecting, by the data processing apparatus, one of the modified queries based on the scoring; and

    providing, by the data processing apparatus, to the user device, search results responsive to the selected modified query.

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