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Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 03, 2013
Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Minya Dai, Milpitas, CA (US);

Nitin Khandelwal, Mountain View, CA (US);

Nitin Jindal, Mountain View, CA (US);

Neal Norwitz, Mountain View, CA (US);

Matthew Smith, Mountain View, CA (US);

Trevor O'Brien, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/3084 (2013.01);
Abstract

An initial plurality of search results is obtained based on a search query pertaining to a topic of interest. A determination is made of whether to perform clustering on the initial plurality of search results. Upon determining not to perform clustering on the search result, a user interface with the initial plurality of search results is provided. Upon determining to perform clustering on the initial plurality of search results, a user interface with a modified plurality of search results is provided. The user interface is to position a first result in the modified plurality of search results adjacent to a position of a second search result in the modified plurality of search results. The first search result is associated with a channel and the second search result is associated with the channel.


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