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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2008
Raj Gopal Prasad Kantamneni, San Jose, CA (US);
Ashley Hall, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Tom Chi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Raj Gopal Prasad Kantamneni, San Jose, CA (US);
Ashley Hall, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Tom Chi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods and computer program products are disclosed for assisting search request by presenting suggestion of one or more vertical segments to produce a more focused result. A vertical segment may be selected by the user, the selected vertical segment being associated with one or more query terms and a search is performed on an index associated with the vertical segment. A search engine generates a search result and returns a list of search result pages for presentation to a user.