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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2024
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Bruce Christensen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Pravir Kumar Gupta, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jan Kuipers, Mountain View, CA (US);
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus related to ranking modifications of a previous query. For example, modifications of a previous query may be generated based on a current query issued subsequent to the previous query by substituting one or more n-grams of the previous query with one or more n-grams of the current query. One or more measures of each of the modifications may be identified and, based on such measures, a ranking of each of the modifications may be determined. One of the modifications may be selected as a submission query based on the rankings of the modifications. The submission query may be selected for submission in lieu of, or in addition to, the current query.