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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2008
David L. Marvit, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rajalakshmi Balakrishnan, San Jose, CA (US);
Hitoshi Matsumoto, San Jose, CA (US);
Albert Reinhardt, Albany, CA (US);
Kenji Nagahashi, Fremont, CA (US);
David L. Marvit, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rajalakshmi Balakrishnan, San Jose, CA (US);
Hitoshi Matsumoto, San Jose, CA (US);
Albert Reinhardt, Albany, CA (US);
Kenji Nagahashi, Fremont, CA (US);
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
Implementing an expanded search and providing expanded search results comprises receiving a search query generated by a user. A type of expansion to apply to the search query is determined. Expanded search queries are automatically generated according to the determined expansion type without intervention from the user. A search is executed on each one of the expanded search queries to retrieve search results, and the search results are provided for presentation to the user in modules. A module comprises search results for one of the expanded search queries.