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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2011
Shiv Ramamurthi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shiv Ramamurthi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The method according to one embodiment of the present invention includes retrieving one or more terms or phrases including an instant messaging conversation in which one or more users are participating. One or more term vectors including one or more vector terms associated with the one or more retrieved terms or phrases including the instant messaging conversation are generated and one or more vector terms are selected from said term vectors. The one or more selected vector terms are displayed to the one or more users participating in the instant messaging conversation. An indication of a user selection of a given displayed vector term is received and one or more content items responsive to the selected vector term are identified.