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Vertical search-based query method, system and apparatus

  • US 8,661,027 B2
  • Filed: 04/26/2011
  • Issued: 02/25/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of query based on a vertical search, the method comprising:

  • receiving a user query;

    obtaining a first category model from a category model warehouse based on the user query to generate a first query result, the first category model comprising one or more commodity categories that correspond to one or more keywords in the user query;

    obtaining one or more commodity categories corresponding to the user query from a commodity warehouse to generate a second query result; and

    generating a final query result by combining the first query result and the second query result, wherein generating the final query result comprises;

    obtaining a first combined result comprising commodity categories that are in both the first query result and the second query result, the first combined result further comprising weights corresponding to the commodity categories in the first combined result and being a combination of weights from the first query result and from the second query result;

    obtaining a second combined result comprising commodity categories and corresponding weights in the second query result;

    increasing the weights in the first combined result to render the weights corresponding to the commodity categories in the first combined result to be respectively higher than the weights corresponding to the commodity categories in the second combined result; and

    arranging the commodity categories in the first combined result according to the weights in the first combined result in a descending order to provide the first combined result to a user.

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