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Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 26, 2011
Applicants:

Neelakantan Sundaresan, Mountain View, CA (US);

Karin Mauge′, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Neelakantan Sundaresan, Mountain View, CA (US);

Karin Mauge′, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/3064 (2013.01);
Abstract

Queries submitted by users when interacting with a network-based system may be analyzed by a query mining machine that determines a theme common to the submitted queries. The machine accesses the submitted queries and identifies a portion of the submitted queries as corresponding to the theme. Identification of the portion may include determining a strength score of a submitted query, where the strength score indicates a degree of influence that the submitted query is to have on the identifying of the portion. The machine generates a thematic query based on the identified portion and obtains search results by executing the thematic query. The search results correspond to a group of items. The machine presents at least some of the group of items as a collection that corresponds to the theme (e.g., within a temporary electronic storefront).


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