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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2010
Jon Michael Herron, Atlanta, GA (US);
Vicki Reyzelman, Atlanta, GA (US);
Shiva Jaini, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jon Michael Herron, Atlanta, GA (US);
Vicki Reyzelman, Atlanta, GA (US);
Shiva Jaini, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A television guide search query is received from a user. A plurality of suggested search terms are selected. Each of the plurality of suggested search terms is assigned to, and is ranked within, one of a plurality of categories A number of suggested search terms to be returned to the user, n, is determined for each of the plurality of categories, nbeing equal to a ratio of the number of suggested search terms in the respective category to a total number of suggested search terms multiplied by a total number of displayed search terms. A result set is created by adding, for each of the plurality of categories, the top ranked nsuggested search terms to the result set. The result set is transmitted to the user. A selection of a search term is received from the user and is used to conduct a television guide search.