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Retrieving conversations that match a search query

  • US 9,071,566 B2
  • Filed: 09/14/2012
  • Issued: 06/30/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, performed at a server having one or more processors and memory storing programs executed by the one or more processors, the method comprising:

  • receiving a search query from a client, wherein the search query comprises at least a first term and a second term;

    identifying a conversation relevant to the search query, the conversation having two or more messages sharing a common set of characteristics that meet predefined criteria and a respective conversation identifier, wherein identifying a conversation relevant to the search query comprises identifying a conversation that, as a whole, is relevant to the search query, wherein identifying a conversation relevant to the search query comprises identifying the first term in a first message of the conversation, identifying the second term in a second message of the conversation but not in the first message and not identifying the first term in the second message, the second message being distinct from the first message; and

    returning to the client for display, as a search result for the search query, conversation information corresponding to the identified conversation.

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