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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
May. 17, 2011
Omer Emre Velipasaoglu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Umut Ozertem, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alpa Jain, San Jose, CA (US);
Omer Emre Velipasaoglu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Umut Ozertem, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alpa Jain, San Jose, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a system and method for providing search suggestions to a user based on the user's previously entered search queries. A computing device stores a global set of search suggestions. The computing device receives over a network from a user computer operated by a user one or more alphanumeric characters forming a portion of a search query. The computing device determines a search suggestion to the portion of the search query from the global set of search suggestions based on a search history of the user, the search history of the user comprising a plurality of search queries entered by the user within a predetermined period of time. The computing device transmits to the user computer the search suggestion for display by the user computer.