Priceline.com Incorporated

Michael P Gonzalez

Jonathan Taylor

John Caine

Michael Diliberto

Amit Poddar

Jim Chen

Scott B Lake

In an embodiment, a method comprises receiving, from a client computer, a first request comprising a partial search term for an item, wherein the partial search term comprises one or more characters; selecting a first plurality of predicted completions of the partial search term based, at least in part, on the partial search term, wherein each predicted completion in the first plurality of predicted completions is associated with a category of a set of categories; determining an order of each category in the set of categories; ordering the first plurality of predicted completions based, at least in part, on a position, in the order, of each category that is associated with each predicted completion in the first plurality of predicted completions; sending the first plurality of predicted completions to the client computer.

Predicting categorized completions of a partial search term

Techniques for the dynamic assignment of a target website resource based on request context are described. In an embodiment, a request for a website resource of a requested website is received. One or more context values associated with the request are determined, including a particular context value identifying information associated with a referral website that is different from the requested website. A particular website resource from a plurality of website resources is selected based on the one or more context values associated with the request. The particular website resource is caused to be delivered.

Dynamic assignment of a target web page based on request context

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Valparaiso, IN, United States of America

Michael P Gonzalez