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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 07, 2016
Applicant:

A9.com, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Matthew W. Amacker, San Jose, CA (US);

Blair L. Hotchkies, Bellevue, WA (US);

Daniel R. Parshall, Redmond, WA (US);

Brent Robert Mills, Seattle, WA (US);

Anil A. Sewani, Mountain View, CA (US);

Daniel E. Rose, Cupertino, CA (US);

Alexandru I. Indrei, Seattle, WA (US);

Jason P. Patrikios, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

A9.COM, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/30 (2019.01); G06F 16/332 (2019.01); G06F 16/954 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/3323 (2019.01); G06F 16/24578 (2019.01); G06F 16/954 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0643 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for providing dynamic and category specific search suggestions are provided. According to one embodiment, a partial search query entered by a user can be used to determine a set of relevant search queries, which can be displayed as search suggestions within a search query suggestion window. Each query in the list can be associated with at least one specific category. According to various embodiments, the set of relevant queries and associated categories are dynamically updated as the user modifies the partial search query. Furthermore, each category is selectable by the user such that a detailed list of items associated only with the selected category can be displayed to the user.


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