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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
May. 01, 2012
Anurag Acharya, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Alexandre A. Verstak, Cupertino, CA (US);
Anurag Acharya, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Alexandre A. Verstak, Cupertino, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for query modification. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an original query including a first limitation. First search results responsive to a modified query are obtained, where the first limitation has been omitted from the modified query. One or more common characteristics shared by two or more resources are identified. Each of the two or more resources corresponds to a different highly-ranked result of the first search results. A second modified query including the original query and a second limitation representing the one or more common characteristics is generated. Second search results responsive to the second modified query are obtained. The second search results are provided in a response to the original query.