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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2010
Ruben E. Ortega, Seattle, WA (US);
Dwayne E. Bowman, Woodinville, WA (US);
Michael L. Hamrick, Seattle, WA (US);
Joel R. Spiegel, Woodinville, WA (US);
Timothy R. Kohn, Seattle, WA (US);
Ruben E. Ortega, Seattle, WA (US);
Dwayne E. Bowman, Woodinville, WA (US);
Michael L. Hamrick, Seattle, WA (US);
Joel R. Spiegel, Woodinville, WA (US);
Timothy R. Kohn, Seattle, WA (US);
A9.com, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A system is disclosed that identifies related search terms by performing a term co-occurrence analysis of search query submissions of users. The system may give different amounts of weight to different search query submissions based, for example, on whether subsequent user actions reveal that particular searches were successful. The system may use the identified related search terms to correct spelling errors in search queries received from users.