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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2006
Alon Y. Halevy, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jayant Madhavan, San Francisco, CA (US);
David H. Ko, San Lorenzo, CA (US);
Alon Y. Halevy, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jayant Madhavan, San Francisco, CA (US);
David H. Ko, San Lorenzo, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates searching through content which is accessible though web-based forms. During operation, the system receives a query containing keywords. Next, the system analyzes the query to create a structured query. The system then performs a lookup based on the structured query in a database containing entries describing the web-based forms. Next, the system ranks forms returned by the lookup, and uses the rankings and associated database entries to facilitate a search through content which is accessible through the forms.