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Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2006
Applicants:

Kevin Bartz, Cambridge, MA (US);

Vijay Murthi, Glendale, CA (US);

Benjamin Rey, Santa Monica, CA (US);

Shaji Sebastian, Pasadena, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kevin Bartz, Cambridge, MA (US);

Vijay Murthi, Glendale, CA (US);

Benjamin Rey, Santa Monica, CA (US);

Shaji Sebastian, Pasadena, CA (US);

Assignee:

Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

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

The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for determining semantically related terms based on sequences of search queries. Generally, a semantically related term tool examines search logs to associate search queries with a user submitting the search query. The semantically related term tool establishes a plurality of sequences of search queries, each sequence of search queries comprising one or more search queries associated with a common user and relating to a common concept. The semantically related term tool receives one or more seed terms and determines one or more terms related to the received seed terms based on the established plurality of sequences of search queries.


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